N.H. Company Asks for ITC Import Ban on Patent-Infringing Optical Disc Drives

New Hampshire-based company Optical Devices filed a request with the International Trade Commission on Sept. 3 for a Section 337 investigation into an import ban on optical disc drives that allegedly infringe its patents. Optical Devices said products like laptop computers, CD, Blu-ray and DVD players, and game consoles contain the infringing optical disc drives. They are imported and sold by Lenovo, LG, Nintendo, Panasonic, Samsung, Toshiba, and MediaTek. Optical Devices is requesting limited exclusion orders and cease and desist orders banning the import and sale of infringing optical disc drives.