ITC Corrects Final Rule on Public Interest Issues in Patent Investigations
The International Trade Commission is correcting a final rule that was published on October 19, 2011 concerning the ITC's efforts to gather more information on public interest issues arising from complaints filed with the ITC requesting institution of a patent-based…
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investigations under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The ITC is correcting 19 CFR 210.10(b) to state that a Federal Register notice instituting an investigation "will define the scope of the investigation and may be amended as provided in 210.14(b) and (c)." The intended effect of the final rule is to aid the ITC in identifying investigations that require further development of public interest issues in the record, and to identify and develop information regarding the public interest at each stage of the investigation.