Defendant

ZhuHai MeiJiAn Trading Co., Ltd. d/b/a HaloFox

1 case as defendant.

Cases
1
Active
0
1 closed
Filed
2025
Top venue
ITC
1 case

Company profile

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ZhuHai MeiJiAn Trading Co., Ltd. d/b/a HaloFox is a privately held, China-registered trading company headquartered in Zhuhai, Guangdong (its marketplace registration lists an address in the Hengqin New Area, Zhuhai, GD 519000). It is not publicly traded, and no parent-company relationship is disclosed in the sources reviewed. No employee count, revenue figure, or founding year is published; those facts could not be verified. The company also sells under the name "HaloFoxPro."

Operations. HaloFox is an operating e-commerce seller and brand of aftermarket printer consumables, not a patent-assertion entity. It distributes compatible and remanufactured ink cartridges and toner for HP, Canon, Epson, and Brother inkjet/laser printers, sold through Walmart Marketplace and Amazon storefronts in the US, UK, Canada, and EU. Listed product lines include remanufactured Epson 603/603XL, Canon 550/551 and 280/281 PGI/CLI cartridges, HP 63XL, 64XL, 67XL, and 364XL cartridges, and Brother-compatible toner. Its Walmart seller profile describes the business as "one of the largest distributors of ink and toner cartridges in the United States"; that claim is self-reported and unverified.

Litigation posture. We track one appearance, all as defendant: zero plaintiff cases and one defendant case. That pattern is consistent with a reseller/trader being attacked over imported goods rather than an entity asserting patents.

Notable case. HaloFox was named a respondent in ITC Section 337 investigation 337-TA-1451, "Certain Ink Cartridges and Components Thereof I," instituted June 12, 2025 on a May 13, 2025 complaint by Epson Portland Inc., Epson America, Inc., and Seiko Epson Corp. (asserted patents including 8,540,347; 9,061,508; 11,535,037; 11,820,150; and 12,246,539), seeking a general or limited exclusion order and cease-and-desist orders. ITC and Chinese trade-remedy notices record ZhuHai MeiJiAn/HaloFox among respondents found in default (Order No. 10, Sept. 30, 2025). A parallel Epson complaint, Investigation 337-TA-1452, names the same respondent among the defaulting parties; it is not counted in our tracked list. The dispute centers on patented Epson ink-cartridge technology and clusters at the ITC rather than in district court.

Epson Portland Inc. et al. v. Dongguan Ocbestjet Digital Technology Co., Ltd. d/b/a Ocbestjet et al.

terminated; violation found
Docket:
337-TA-1452
Filed:
2025-05-13
Terminated:
2026-08-13

Section 337 investigation into certain ink cartridges and components, also identified by complaint docket DN 3828 and styled in some sources as 337-TA-3828. Complainants Epson Portland Inc., Epson America, Inc., and Seiko Epson Corporation asserted US 8,764,172; US 9,370,934; US 11,535,038; US 12,240,248; and US 12,240,249 against twenty respondents. The Commission found a violation as to claims 1 and 7 of the asserted patents, issued a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders, set a 100% bond, and terminated the investigation on August 13, 2026, with publication on August 18, 2026.