SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2025).

Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on June 1, 2026, Ordered That—

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(C) of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation of certain products identified in paragraph (2) by reason of infringement of one or more of the '278 mark; the '182 mark; the '214 mark; and the '821 mark, and whether an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;

(2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language description of the accused products or category of accused products, which defines the scope of the investigation, is “gray market energy drinks and labeling and packaging thereof that are manufactured for distribution and sale solely outside the United States and that bear the Asserted Trademarks”;

(3) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of investigation shall be served:

(a) The complainant is: Monster Energy Company,

1 Monster Way Corona, California 92879.

(b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint is to be served:

Gig Wholesale Corp. 1 Perlman Drive, #106 Spring Valley, NY 10977

The Elegant Inc. 41 Sri Bimbarama Road, Piliyandala 10300, Sri Lanka

Hamilton Trading Corp. 2429 East Tremont Avenue 3, Bronx, NY 10461

Pal Global Imports Inc. 265 S. Cottage Hill Avenue, Elmhurst, IL 60126

Asia Link Inc. 32 Hill Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand 1061

Creative Trading PO Box 471, Cedarhurst, NY 11516

MBCH Solutions LLC 23404 Larkshire Street, Farmington Hills, MI 48336

Simple Shipping Solutions LLC 23404 Larkshire Street, Farmington Hills, MI 48336

JDC Trading Inc. Plaza 100, Calle Principal El Ingenio 100 PI PB 4B, Panama City, Panama 07158

Apollo Produce LLC 10510 Rockley Road, Houston, TX 77099

232 Barren Springs LLC 10510 Rockley Road, Houston, TX 77099

Sigmai (Asia) Limited Inc. 6625 Miami Lakes Drive, #362, Miami Lakes, FL 33014

Cats Media Inc. 233 Mt. Airy Road, #100, Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

(c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and

(4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the presiding Administrative Law Judge.

Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such responses will be considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the Commission of the complaint and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation will not be granted unless good cause therefor is shown.

Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and to enter an initial determination ( printed page 33757) and a final determination containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of an exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent.

91 FR 33756