Spectrum Brands, Energizer Holdings settle lithium battery patent dispute
Spectrum Brands and Energizer Holdings have reached a settlement in their dispute over lithium battery patents, a document filed in U.S. District Court in Madison on Monday said. Terms were not disclosed, but each party will pay its own legal fees.
Energizer had claimed that Rayovac, a Spectrum Brands subsidiary based in Madison, violated its lithium battery patents. Judge Barbara Crabb issued a preliminary injunction Oct. 31 prohibiting Spectrum Brands from "importing, selling, offering for sale, supporting or distributing primary lithium batteries" until the merits of the claims could be decided.
In Monday's court filing, both sides asked the court to dissolve the injunction.
Lithium batteries, primarily for use in cameras, were not in stores and were in only "limited testing with one retailer," a Spectrum Brands spokeswoman said.
They are not made in the U.S., she said.
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