Defendant
4 cases as defendant.
Karaka LLC d/b/a The DoubleY Brands is an Illinois limited liability company whose principal place of business is Chicago, Illinois, according to the complaint in its only tracked litigation. Public records on the entity are sparse: no company website, filing, or directory entry surfaced in searches, and I could not verify a founding year, employee count, revenue, or any parent/subsidiary relationship. It appears to be privately held; no ticker or public financials were located.
Products / operations. The litigation record indicates the company sells consumer oral-care products — specifically "Boka Bright + White Sensitive Smile Whitening Strips," which the complaint describes as sold through interactive e-commerce stores targeting U.S. consumers, including Illinois. Whether Karaka/DoubleY manufactures these strips, distributes them, or operates as the selling entity behind the Boka-branded product could not be independently confirmed, and no other product lines were verified. This is not an NPE profile: Karaka appears as a seller of a physical consumer product rather than a patent-assertion vehicle.
Patent-litigation posture. The structured data show exactly one tracked case — zero as plaintiff, one as defendant — which is the classic signature of an operating company being sued rather than an entity asserting patents. The sole matter sits in the Northern District of Illinois (Chicago), the defendant's home venue, not in plaintiff-friendly districts such as the Eastern District of Texas.
Notable case. CAO Group, Inc. v. Karaka LLC d/b/a The DoubleY Brands, No. 1:24-cv-04903 (N.D. Ill., filed June 13, 2024), before Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins. CAO Group asserts several "peroxide gel composition" patents in one family (including U.S. Patents 11,219,582, 11,826,444, and 11,826,445, plus an earlier '259 patent) against the Boka whitening strips. Docket entries through late 2024 show repeated agreed extensions of Karaka's responsive-pleading deadline to pursue settlement discussions; no substantive ruling on the merits was identified. The technology focus is dental whitening chemistry — flexible backing strips with dried, gelatinous peroxide gels.
CAO Group suit against Karaka LLC d/b/a The DoubleY Brands. Patexia lists US 11,826,444 among documents in the case; the complaint excerpt available references the '259 patent. Whether the '444 patent was actually pleaded is unclear. Dismissed voluntarily Dec. 18, 2024.
CAO Group sued Karaka LLC d/b/a The DoubleY Brands in N.D. Ill. The accused product was 'Boka Bright + White Sensitive Smile Whitening Strips.' The case was voluntarily dismissed on Dec 18, 2024.
Infringement suit filed by CAO Group against Karaka LLC d/b/a The DoubleY Brands; dismissed voluntarily on Dec. 18, 2024.
CAO Group filed suit against Karaka LLC d/b/a The DoubleY Brands; the case was voluntarily dismissed and terminated on December 18, 2024.