A lawsuit has been instituted against Xiaomi and its smart robotic vacuum cleaner, Roborock, by US company Wyze Labs over the proprietary rights of Xiaomi over the Patent for the robotic vacuum cleaner.

Wyze had listed its own robot vacuum cleaner on Amazon. But in line with Amazon’s due diligence in ensuring proprietary rights are not infringed, Amazon had flagged Wyze over its product listing on the platform. The company stressed the need for Wyze to settle terms with the holder of US Patent Number 10,271,699, which was for an Autonomous Cleaning Device, or explore Amazon’s internal resolution mechanism to settle the matter. Amazon stressed in communications with Wyze that the owner of the Patent was asserting infringement by Wyze. Amazon thus put a restriction on the continued sale of the Wyze robotic vacuum cleaner on its platform, pending the resolution of the issue via several alternative ways.

The 2019 US Patent is linked to Xiaomi, the Chinese home electronics and smartphone manufacturer. It is believed that Wyze did not take advantage of any of the dispute resolution mechanisms available via Amazon, but sought the legal path by instituting a lawsuit in a Seattle court. Wyze is seeking a decision of the court to invalidate the Patent, citing four examples of prior art in its complaint.

While the decision of the US District Court in Seattle on the matter between Wyze and Xiaomi could swing in any direction, the court must be able to establish a compelling reason to quash a valid US Patent that has gone through the whole hog before being patented. In the meantime, in line with Amazon’s policy on matters of such nature, the conflicting Wyze product may remain off the shelves until the complete determination of the case.

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