J.C. ARMS & AMMUNITION, LLC

J.C. Arms & Ammunition, LLC is a privately held firearms and ammunition company. Public records indicate the company was based in Harris, Minnesota, and held a Type 07 Federal Firearms License (FFL) as a "Manufacturer of Firearms Other Than Destructive Devices," though this license expired in July 2018. Further details regarding the company's date of founding, number of employees, revenue, or current operational status are not publicly available. There are several other businesses with similar names in the U.S., but they appear to be distinct entities.

The company's primary business, as indicated by its name and expired FFL, was the manufacturing and sale of firearms and ammunition. Without a current public profile or website, a specific list of product lines cannot be confirmed. The nature of the patent litigation it is involved in suggests the company may have manufactured or sold components for firearms, such as trigger mechanisms, that are alleged to compete with products from the plaintiff in its lawsuit.

J.C. Arms & Ammunition is an operating company whose patent litigation posture is that of a defendant. According to the database, it has been a defendant in one patent case and has not been a plaintiff. This defensive stance is typical for an operating company accused of infringement. The single tracked case was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue historically popular with patent plaintiffs.

The notable case is RARE BREED TRIGGERS, INC. et al. v. J.C. ARMS & AMMUNITION, LLC. The plaintiff, Rare Breed Triggers, is a well-known manufacturer of "forced reset triggers" (FRTs), which are designed to increase a firearm's rate of fire. After settling its own high-profile legal battles with the federal government regarding the legality of its products, Rare Breed and its licensing entity began an aggressive patent enforcement campaign against numerous competitors in the firearms industry. The lawsuit against J.C. Arms & Ammunition alleges infringement of U.S. Patent No. 10,514,223, which covers a "Firing Mechanism for a Firearm." This places J.C. Arms & Ammunition among many companies targeted in a broader, contentious legal dispute over this specific firearm technology.