A federal judge in North Carolina last week sided with an automotive technology provider in a trade dress infringement case against a foreign company that allegedly sold a knockoff product on Amazon.

U.S. District Judge Frank D. Whitney of the Western District of North Carolina granted a consent judgment Oct. 1 in a patent dispute brought by Power Probe, a Charlotte-based company that provides tools for auto technicians, against Toolsmart Limited, which is based in the United Kingdom. Within a week of filing the complaint, Toolsmart reached an agreement with Power Probe, and Whitney approved a permanent injunction.