Anker Innovations Co. (Hong Kong)

Let me verify the plaintiff's NPE status and the Hong Kong listing details.

Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd. (安克創新科技股份有限公司; commonly "Anker") is a China-based consumer-electronics group founded in 2011 by Steven Yang (Yang Meng) and headquartered in Changsha, Hunan. It is publicly listed: A-shares on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange ChiNext board (300866.SZ) since August 2020, and H-shares on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (00668) following a July 2026 global offering. Controlling shareholders are Yang Meng and He Li. Reported headcount was roughly 6,200–6,300 (mid-2026). Revenue rose from RMB 24.7bn (2024) to RMB 30.5bn (2025), with net profit attributable to owners of RMB 2.55bn in 2025; roughly 96% of revenue is generated overseas.

The company designs and sells consumer electronics under a fabless model, outsourcing manufacturing. Its three reported product lines are smart charging and power storage (Anker, Anker SOLIX), smart home and innovation (eufy, eufyMake), and smart audio and video (soundcore, Nebula, AnkerWork). Products span mobile charging, portable and residential power storage, smart home security and cleaning, 3D/UV printing, wireless audio, and projectors, sold in 180+ countries. The Hong Kong-incorporated affiliate named in the litigation ("Anker Innovations Limited") is the member/parent of the group's US subsidiary, Fantasia Trading LLC (d/b/a AnkerDirect).

Patent-litigation posture: an operating company defending, not an NPE. The case data shows 0 plaintiff suits and 1 defendant suit. That single tracked matter is Fundamental Innovation Systems International LLC v. Anker Innovations Co. (Hong Kong), U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware — a patent-assertion action, not an Anker enforcement effort.

Notable case and context: In that Delaware case, a jury on March 7, 2025 found Anker infringed four Fundamental Innovation (FISI) patents (U.S. 7,239,111; 8,624,550; 7,453,233; 6,936,936) covering USB charging/power-source identification, awarding roughly $13.6–14M in damages for willful infringement across wall, car, desktop, power-strip and power-bank chargers. FISI is a Texas-based non-practicing entity founded in 2015 with backing from Centerbridge Partners, which reportedly acquired ~200 BlackBerry/RIM USB charging and data-communication patents for about $50M; it previously sued Samsung, LG, ZTE, Huawei and TCT, mostly in the Eastern District of Texas and N.D. Texas. Anker also faces separate US non-patent and consumer litigation through Fantasia Trading LLC.