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LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

# LrrK Kinematic Consumer Risk Bulletin

**LRRK Watch / Open-Source Intelligence** — Consumer systems that sense, move, and act in homes and yards.

**Issue type.** Monthly filing.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Collection cutoff | 30 November 2019 |
| Platform | Quiet Systems |
| Window | 1–30 November 2019 |
| Data label | Open-source intelligence // LRRK analytic product // retrospective monthly filing |
| Handling | Public-source material. Image rights require separate verification before publication. Retrospective reconstruction from contemporaneous public records. |
| Scope | Consumer kinematic electronics only (home, yard, companion, educational). |
| Classes in frame | Robot vacuums / mop combos · robotic lawn mowers · window-cleaning robots · pool-cleaning robots · robot pets / companion animals · social / desk companions · educational / programmable kits · robotic litter boxes · security / home patrol robots · consumer robotic arms · elder-care / assistive companions · kitchen / food-prep robots · toy / entertainment robots · niche outdoor / garden robots · emerging general-purpose or humanoid home robots |
| Spine | CPSC, Health Canada, EU Safety Gate, UK OPSS, manufacturer recall pages, named newsrooms, dockets, SEC. |
| Color | Message boards, consumer forums, and Reddit — annotated context only. Never Fact without a reputable primary. |

## Executive read

### BLUF

November is a docket month plus a European draft-standard month. Judge Allison D. Burroughs denied iRobot’s Shark IQ preliminary injunction on 26 November: SharkNinja “raised substantial questions” on infringement. Separately, DIN published the November 2019 draft of EN 50636-2-107:2015/prA2:2019 — a 2019 official enquiry on robotic-mower safety, not a re-filing of Pertisau 2018, and not the January 2020 A2:2020 text. No official recall. No brick ruling.

### Key judgments

1. **[Assessment — High confidence]** The 26 November PI denial is a dated docket event. It is not a finding of non-infringement at trial and not a consumer-safety action.
2. **[Assessment — High confidence]** DIN EN 50636-2-107/A2:2019-11 (prA2:2019) is a 2019 official draft. File the draft. Do not file A2:2020 as if it published in 2019. Do not re-file 21 June 2018 Pertisau.
3. **[Assessment — High confidence]** No November CPSC, Health Canada, OPSS, or Safety Gate in-class consumer-robot action was found.

### Analytic labels
- **Fact** — verified reporting or primary record
- **Assessment** — analytic judgment
- **Inference** — reasoned but not directly observed
- **Uncertainty** — unresolved information gap

### Source grades
- **A1** — authoritative primary record / directly confirmed
- **B1–B2** — generally reliable and corroborated
- **C3** — useful but requires caution (typical for forums)

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## 01. D. Mass. denies iRobot’s Shark IQ preliminary injunction

*Event / publication dates: 26 November 2019 (D. Mass.; SharkNinja PR Newswire; Bloomberg)*

**Product class.** Robot vacuums / mop combos

**Verified record — [Fact — A1 / B1]** On 26 November 2019 the District of Massachusetts (Judge Allison D. Burroughs, 1:19-cv-12125) denied iRobot’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the Shark IQ Robot. SharkNinja’s same-day release quotes the court: “SharkNinja has raised substantial questions regarding iRobot’s infringement allegations.” SharkNinja: iRobot withdrew the motion as to one of the three PI patents and persisted on the other two; SharkNinja “knew of the asserted patents and specifically designed its products so they would not infringe”; “the court agreed with SharkNinja on all points.” [SharkNinja / PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/sharkninja-scores-early-victory-in-irobot-patent-case-300965833.html). Bloomberg same evening: iRobot lost its bid to block sales of what it called a cheaper knockoff of Roomba i7+ during the holiday season; iRobot “disappointed” and “fully committed” to the case. [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-26/irobot-loses-bid-to-block-sales-of-sharkninja-vacuums). Counsel note (Finnegan, representing SharkNinja): denial after SharkNinja showed awareness of the patents and intentional design-around. [Finnegan](https://www.finnegan.com/en/firm/news/irobot-cant-halt-sharkninja-vacuum-sales-during-ip-suit.html). Opinion PDF was not independently opened in this collection; the holding is taken from the contemporaneous party release plus named newsrooms.

**This is not a consumer-safety recall.** **This is not a ruling that a maker may brick a companion.** Case remains open.

**Threat landscape.** Unchanged from October: category-control IP. Physical-harm record is empty.

**Forum / community notes.**
- none found.

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] PI is denied; holiday Shark IQ sales continue. [Uncertainty] Claim-by-claim reasoning is not quoted from the opinion PDF here.

**Opportunity.** The opinion PDF; any later ITC or settlement.

**LRRK relevance.** Campaign. Watch: 1:19-cv-12125.

**Confidence.** High on the 26 November denial as a fact. Moderate on the quoted “substantial questions” sentence (party release). Low on unpublished claim construction.

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## 02. EN 50636-2-107 prA2:2019 — November DIN draft; not A2:2020; not Pertisau re-filed

*Event / publication dates: November 2019 (DIN EN 50636-2-107/A2:2019-11 draft; EN 50636-2-107:2015/prA2:2019)*

**Product class.** Robotic lawn mowers

**Verified record — [Fact — A1 / B2]** DIN listed **DIN EN 50636-2-107/A2:2019-11**, draft document, “Safety of household and similar appliances — Part 2-107: Particular requirements for robotic battery powered electrical lawnmowers; German and English version EN 50636-2-107:2015/prA2:2019.” [DIN draft listing](https://kpt-bj.com/din-en-50636-2-107-a2-e-2019-draft-document-safety-of-household-and-similar-appliances-part-2-107-particular-requirements-for-robotic-battery-powered-electrical-lawnmowers-german-and-english-version-en-50636-2-107-2015-pra2-1616929080.html). This is a 2019 official enquiry on the European robotic-mower particular standard. The **published** amendment **A2:2020** (CENELEC 10 January 2020; foot-access / kneeling-child probe language in later catalog extracts) is **out of this window** and is not filed as November Fact.

**No November named pediatric mower injury was located.** 21 June 2018 Pertisau remains 2018.

**Threat landscape.** A draft control on inadvertent foot access to a battery rotary cutting means. Not an incident file.

**Forum / community notes.**
- none found.

**Intelligence assessment.** [Assessment — High confidence] A 2019 prA2 draft exists. [Uncertainty] Day-of-month inside November and the full clause text were not retrieved from a CENELEC HTML page.

**Opportunity.** CENELEC HTML or the January 2020 A2 publication (out of this window).

**LRRK relevance.** Lab: foot-probe geometry when the published text is opened. Watch: EN 50636 series.

**Confidence.** High that a November 2019 DIN/prA2 draft existed. Moderate on the exact calendar day. Low on unpublished clause numbers.

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## Forward indicators

1. 1:19-cv-12125 post-PI posture.
2. EN 50636 A2:2020 if and when it publishes — not a 2019 Fact.
3. Anki named buyer if a 2019 primary appears.
4. Dated Jibo cut-over.
5. First 2019 official consumer-robot recall (none found through November).

> **Collection integrity.** Two signals. Official IDs: **1:19-cv-12125** (PI denied 26 November 2019); **EN 50636-2-107:2015/prA2:2019** / **DIN EN 50636-2-107/A2:2019-11**. **Killed:** Pertisau as 2019; A2:2020 as November Fact; named mower fatality; Roomba CPSC recall; court anti-brick ruling; Anki April mass brick; 2020 Dexter / Clean Base; Amazon Astro; Personal Robots 28 November “servers are up” blog as Fact (C3, not opened as a spine primary). No November CPSC / Health Canada / OPSS / Safety Gate in-class page. Forum empty.

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