I'll research Digi-Key Electronics to build an accurate profile.
Let me verify the ITC case context and the company's recent rebranding.
Digi-Key Electronics (now branded "DigiKey") is a privately held American distributor of electronic components and automation products, headquartered in Thief River Falls, Minnesota. It was founded in 1972 by Dr. Ronald Stordahl and remains privately owned (no public ticker). The company reported roughly 5,000 employees and approximately $5 billion in annual sales in recent years, and Forbes ranked it #151 on its 2024 list of America's largest private companies. Trade-press figures place 2023 global revenue around $4.2 billion; employee estimates range from about 4,700 to 5,000 depending on source. In 2023 the company shortened and reshaped its name from "Digi-Key Electronics" to "DigiKey."
Operations: DigiKey is an authorized distributor, not a manufacturer. It stocks semiconductors, interconnect, passives, electromechanical parts, sensors, test-and-measurement equipment, lighting and wireless components — more than 15–17 million products from roughly 3,000 suppliers — sourced directly from manufacturers. It has expanded into industrial automation (PLCs, I/O modules, HMIs, machine safety, machine vision and drives), and offers design tools, online configurators, and digital commerce services through its website, Marketplace, and "Fulfilled by DigiKey" programs. It ships an average of roughly 25,000–27,000 orders per day to customers in 180+ countries from its Thief River Falls distribution center.
Patent-litigation posture: DigiKey is an operating company and a one-way target, not an aggressor. In the tracked data it appears in a single case — as a defendant, with zero cases as plaintiff. That is consistent with a distribution business that gets pulled into infringement suits over the components it resells.
Notable case: Daedalus Prime LLC v. Avnet, Inc. et al., filed August 23, 2022, at the U.S. International Trade Commission (Section 337). Daedalus Prime LLC, a Bronxville, NY-based patent-assertion entity, alleged infringement of semiconductor-related patents and named DigiKey alongside fellow distributors Avnet, Mouser and Newark, chipmaker NXP, and Mercedes-Benz entities. The Commission instituted Investigation No. 337-TA-1332 in October 2022 and terminated it in February 2023 after the complainant withdrew its complaint as to all respondents. No merits determination issued.