Socket Solutions sues Import Global and Olcorife over alleged false safety advertising for outlet-concealer cords on Amazon

What was filed

The case is Socket Solutions, LLC v. Import Global, LLC, Guangzhou Hongzhu Information Technology Co., Ltd. d/b/a Olcorife, and John Does 1-20, No. 4:26-cv-09699 (S.D. Tex.), filed November 3, 2026, ECF No. 1 (58 pages), with a jury demand, together with an ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order. The complaint describes Socket Solutions, LLC as a Texas limited liability company that designs and sells the Sleek Socket outlet-concealer product line. It describes Import Global, LLC as a Florida limited liability company that sells outlet-concealer extension cords under the name Neat Socket on Amazon.com, and Guangzhou Hongzhu Information Technology Co., Ltd. as a company registered in Guangzhou, China, that sells outlet-concealer extension cords on Amazon.com under the brand name Olcorife. The Doe defendants are persons and entities whose identities the complaint says Socket Solutions does not yet know and who, it alleges, submitted, caused to be submitted, or conspired to submit false safety complaints to Amazon about Sleek Socket products. A November 4, 2026 order sets an initial pretrial and scheduling conference for January 15, 2027, before the magistrate judge randomly selected to receive referrals in the case. The report on the filing of a trademark action (AO 120) was filed November 4, 2026.

What the complaint alleges

The complaint alleges that the Neat Socket and the Olcorife product Socket Solutions examined use a 16-gauge cord to serve more AC outlets and USB charging ports than Table 10.13A of UL Standard 817 permits for that cord, and alleges, on information and belief, that the other Olcorife listings share that construction, so that a consumer who uses most or all of the outlets and ports can overload the product, a hazard the complaint says can result in fire or death by electrical shock. It alleges that neither seller's product bears the certification mark of any Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory and that the products omit markings UL 817 requires and lack its complete warning tag (the complaint says the Neat Socket carries an incomplete tag and the Olcorife product none). It alleges that Import Global markets its Neat Socket product on Amazon.com as a "SAFETY ELECTRICAL OUTLET CONCEALER" suitable for "baby proofing" and "CHILD AND PET FRIENDLY," and that Olcorife prints on its package and instruction leaflet that "[t]he device conforms to UL1363, UL62368, and part 15 of the FCC rules" and advertises "Surge Protection: 2000 Joules"; it alleges, on information and belief, that the Olcorife product does not provide the surge protection it advertises. It alleges Socket Solutions' competing Sleek Socket products are licensed as conforming to applicable UL and CSA standards and that the accused advertising diverts sales from them.

Separately, the complaint alleges that Import Global adopted packaging, product-insert, and Amazon promotional presentations confusingly similar to the combinations Socket Solutions uses for Sleek Socket, including a thin-stroke "neat" above a widely spaced "SOCKET," and alleges, on information and belief, that the adoption reflects awareness of Socket Solutions' presentation and an intent to benefit from its goodwill. It also alleges that the Doe defendants have submitted knowingly false safety complaints about Sleek Socket products to Amazon, which Amazon relayed to Socket Solutions as customer reports, and that those complaints have produced policy-violation notices, threats to delist listings, and the delisting of multiple Sleek Socket listings. It alleges, on information and belief, that the Doe defendants include sellers of competing products on Amazon.com or persons acting for them, and that Amazon's records identify who submitted those safety complaints.

Claims and relief

Count I is false advertising under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(B) against Import Global. Count II is the same false-advertising claim against Olcorife. Count III is commercial disparagement under § 1125(a)(1)(B) against the Doe defendants. Count IV is business disparagement under Texas law against the Does. Count V is defamation under Texas law against the Does. Count VI is tortious interference with existing contract under Texas law against the Does. Count VII is tortious interference with prospective business relations under Texas law against the Does. Count VIII is unfair competition under Texas common law against all defendants. Count IX is false designation of origin and unfair competition under 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a)(1)(A) against Import Global only. The prayer seeks a temporary restraining order and preliminary and permanent injunctions under 15 U.S.C. § 1116(a) against the challenged safety advertising, a hearing on the preliminary-injunction application, removal or correction of the challenged statements with a sworn compliance report, corrective advertising, each seller defendant's profits and Socket Solutions' damages under 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), leave to serve early discovery on Amazon.com, Inc. to identify who submitted the safety reports, an injunction and actual, special, and exemplary damages against the Doe defendants, exemplary damages on Count VIII upon the required proof, attorney fees as an exceptional case, costs, and interest.