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accession: "0001831651-23-000041"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "SHLS"
cik: "0001831651"
company_name: "Shoals Technologies Group, Inc."
filed_at: "2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-15T22:57:00.987263+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
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source: SEC EDGAR
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# Shoals Technologies files patent infringement complaint with ITC against Hikam and Voltage over solar connectors

## Summary
- Filed complaint with ITC and in U.S. District Courts for Southern California and Middle District of North Carolina.
- Alleges infringement of two patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 10,553,739 and 10,992,254 for photovoltaic connectors and components.
- Seeks limited exclusion order and cease and desist to bar importation of allegedly infringing products.
- Patents cover Big Lead Assembly connectors designed to reduce installation costs for solar, storage, EV charging.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001831651-23-000041
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: SHLS
- cik: 0001831651
- company_name: Shoals Technologies Group, Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-05-04T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831651/000183165123000041/0001831651-23-000041-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1831651/000183165123000041/shls-20230504.htm

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