ABC IP and Rare Breed's Suit Against AESIR Over Forced-Reset Triggers and FRT Marks Moves Into the East Texas MDL.

The complaint

The East Texas case is ABC IP, LLC v. AESIR LLC, No. 4:26-cv-01252-ALM (E.D. Tex.). It began in the District of Maine, Bangor Division, as No. 1:26-cv-00375, where the complaint was filed July 22, 2026 under the caption ABC IP, LLC, Rare Breed Triggers, Inc., and RBTM LLC v. AESIR LLC d/b/a Reset Ninja, William Barnet, and Chad Garceau. The plaintiffs filed a notice regarding multidistrict litigation in Maine on September 4, 2026; the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation's conditional transfer order CTO-12 in MDL No. 3176 was finalized on September 10, 2026; and the East Texas docket shows the case transferred in that day and assigned to Chief District Judge Amos L. Mazzant. The complaint alleges, on information and belief, that AESIR is a Maine limited liability company doing business as Reset Ninja and that the two individual defendants are owners of AESIR, one of whom directs its operations.

Patents and accused products

The complaint asserts U.S. Patents 12,038,247; 12,031,784; 12,529,538; 12,578,159; and 12,636,403, alleging that ABC IP owns them and that Rare Breed is the exclusive licensee. The charted claims are claim 15 of the '247 patent, claim 1 of the '784, '538, and '159 patents, and claims 38 and 54 of the '403 patent. The accused products are the 3-Position Super Safety, accused under all five patents, and the 3-Position Kabuto, accused under all but the '538 patent. The complaint alleges, on information and belief, that the defendants sell both through the resetninja.com website, and it alleges that each lets the user switch between safe, standard semiautomatic, and forced reset semiautomatic modes.

What the patents cover

Claim 15 of the '247 patent covers a firearm trigger mechanism with a hammer that has a sear catch and a hook for engaging a disconnector, a trigger member with a sear, the disconnector, and a cam with a cam lobe movable between a first and a second position, all mounted in the receiver's fire control mechanism pocket. With the cam in the first position the mechanism runs in a standard semi-automatic mode, in which the disconnector catches the hammer and the user must release the trigger to free it. With the cam in the second position the cam lobe forces the trigger member toward its set position and the disconnector is prevented from catching the hammer, so the user can pull the trigger again once the bolt carrier returns to battery, a forced reset semi-automatic mode.

Trademark counts

The complaint adds federal trademark infringement under 15 U.S.C. 1114, false designation of origin under 15 U.S.C. 1125(a), and common law trademark infringement and unfair competition. It alleges that RBTM owns, and Rare Breed has the exclusive right to enforce, registrations for FRT (No. 8,187,914), FRT-15 (No. 7,004,418), FRT-22 (No. 8,232,406), FRT-47 (No. 8,232,405), and FRT-15L3 (No. 8,225,451), with applications pending for FRT-MR3 and FRT-RD3, and it alleges, on information and belief, that the defendants advertise their products as FRT on their website and an Instagram account.

Relief sought

The caption includes a request for immediate relief, and the prayer asks for preliminary and permanent injunctions against patent infringement and use of FRT-formative terms, removal and destruction of FRT-branded advertising, patent damages with enhancement, the defendants' profits and other trademark remedies under 15 U.S.C. 1117, and attorneys' fees. The plaintiffs demand a jury.

What to watch next

Returns of service on all three defendants were filed in Maine in early August 2026. Watch for MDL orders setting the defendants' response date and for any motion for preliminary relief.