Defendant

OO Electronics America Inc

2 cases as defendant.

Company profile

OO Electronics America Inc is the U.S. subsidiary of OS Electronics Co., Ltd., a Japanese technology trading company. OS Electronics Co., Ltd. was founded in 1963 and became a wholly owned subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation in April 2025. OS Electronics America, Inc. is located in Novi, Michigan, USA, while its parent company's headquarters are in Tokyo, Japan. The company primarily operates as a business-to-business (B2B) entity, providing consulting sales and direct supply of electronic components.

OS Electronics specializes in supplying a wide range of semiconductors and electronic components. Its product offerings include discrete semiconductors, analog and logic integrated circuits, memory and storage solutions, microcontrollers, sensors, wireless interfaces, and various passive components like capacitors, batteries, and power supplies. The company caters to diverse industries, including automotive, industrial automation, consumer electronics, and telecommunications, adapting its solutions to regional market requirements.

In terms of patent litigation, OO Electronics America Inc has been involved in one tracked case, appearing solely as a defendant. This posture indicates it operates as a company defending against patent infringement claims rather than asserting patents itself. The single case, Maxell Ltd. v. OO Electronics Co LTD et al., was filed on 2025-04-21 in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, a venue often associated with patent litigation.

The plaintiff, Maxell Ltd., is a Japanese consumer electronics manufacturer known for its active patent assertion strategy. Maxell has a history of pursuing patent infringement claims globally and has secured significant jury verdicts in the Eastern District of Texas against other major electronics companies for patents covering smart device technologies and battery-related inventions. This context suggests that OO Electronics America Inc is defending against an established patent litigant.