The International Trade Commission said it’s publishing its...
The International Trade Commission said it’s publishing its notice of a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order against some Samsung mobile devices that infringe Apple’s patents in Thursday’s Federal Register. The commission issued the orders Friday (CD…
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Aug 12 p10). Lawyers previously told us they believed the Samsung import bans won’t be affected by U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman’s veto of an ITC ruling that would have banned early model iPhones and iPads. The patents involved in this case aren’t standard-essential patents. The ITC is setting bond at 1.25 percent of the entered value of infringing Samsung mobile devices during the 60-day period for USTR to review the import ban. The ITC found that Samsung violated U.S. Patent Nos. 7,479,949 and 7,912,501. No. 7,479,949 covers touch-screen heuristics, while No. 7,912,501 covers detection of objects in a headphone jack. The ITC found no infringement on other patents Apple claimed in the same ITC investigation. A Samsung spokeswoman declined to comment.