Five Chinese Companies Seek a Declaration That the B03 Auto Screen Clicker Does Not Infringe U.S. Patent 10,310,677.

The complaint

The case is Yangjiang Xingyi E-Commerce Co., Ltd. v. Stevens, No. 1:26-cv-03058 (E.D. Va.), filed September 15, 2026 in the Alexandria Division. The plaintiffs are Yangjiang Xingyi E-Commerce Co., Ltd., Shenzen Yaoyuan Technology Co., Ltd., Shantou Qianxingtuo Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan Ruijiang E-Commerce Co., Ltd., and Changsha Qixing and Dream E-Commerce Co., Ltd. The defendant is Andrew Stevens, who the complaint alleges, on information and belief, owns the '677 patent and lives in London, United Kingdom. According to the complaint, Shenzen Yaoyuan makes the B03 Auto Screen Clicker in China and the other four plaintiffs sell it or a similar product in the United States, including through Amazon.

The Amazon complaints

The complaint says the patent owner told Amazon in writing that each distributor plaintiff's listing infringes the '677 patent, and that Amazon said it would delist the products unless the sellers obtained permission, used Amazon's neutral evaluation procedure, or resolved the claim in a federal district court case by September 16, 2026. The plaintiffs allege that delisting would cost them sales. They base personal jurisdiction and venue on 35 U.S.C. 293, which gives the Eastern District of Virginia jurisdiction over a patentee who lives abroad and has not designated a domestic representative, and they allege none was designated.

What the patent covers

U.S. Patent 10,310,677, titled Electronic finger touch simulator for capacitive touch screen devices, issued June 4, 2019. Claim 1 covers an electronic device with an integrated flexible sprung clip, one or more conductive contact pads, and an electronic circuit, where the clip holds the pads permanently against a capacitance touch screen and the circuit controls the pads' electrical charge dissipation rate so the device autonomously simulates human finger contact with the screen. Claim 10, the other independent claim, covers a method of simulating finger contact by providing such a device, configuring it to change the pads' charge dissipation rate according to a predetermined sequence when activated, attaching it to the screen with the clip, and activating it.

The plaintiffs allege that both independent claims, 1 and 10, require an electronic device with an integrated flexible sprung clip and conductive contact pads, which they say their products lack, and that their products also lack claim 1's circuit-controlled charge dissipation rate and claim 10's step of changing that rate according to a predetermined sequence.

Relief requested

The plaintiffs ask for declarations that the B03 Auto Screen Clicker does not infringe any claim of the '677 patent and that none of them sells an infringing product in the United States, an injunction barring the patent owner from asking Amazon or any other internet retailer to stop or limit sales of the product and similar products, costs, and attorneys' fees under 35 U.S.C. 285.

What to watch next

The docket shows the complaint, a proposed summons, a pro hac vice motion, and the plaintiffs' financial interest disclosures, all filed September 15, 2026. Watch for service, the patent owner's response, and any change to the Amazon listings.