The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the June 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):

Knowles Electronics filed a petition for a Section 337 patent investigation June 21, seeking to ban imports of silicon microphone packages by Goertek that infringe its patents. The products at issue are silicon microphones that include a Micro-Electric-Mechanic System (MEMS) microphone die encased within a surface-mountable package. Unlike other types of microphones, silicon microphone packages can withstand the heat of the soldering associated with high-speed manufacturing processes, the petition said. The microphones packages are used in consumer electronic products like cellphones, notebooks, headsets, and digital cameras made by companies such as Samsung, Apple, Motorola and HTC. Knowles alleges that Goertek is manufacturing and importing into the U.S. silicon microphone packages that infringe its imports, and is seeking limited exclusion and cease and desist orders.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the June 25 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):

The International Trade Commission is beginning a pilot program to test whether early decisions on pivotal questions in Section 337 cases would expedite its investigations. Under the pilot, announced June 24, the administrative law judge would make an early initial determination (ID) on a key issue, like whether a domestic industry practices a patent, within 100 days of the beginning of the investigation. The early decisions on dispositive issues “could limit unnecessary litigation, saving time and costs for all parties involved,” the ITC said.

The Commerce Department published notices in the June 24 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the June 21 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):

The International Trade Commission voted June 20 to begin a Section 337 investigation to determine whether consumer electronics imported and sold by Panasonic, Toshiba, Vizio, AmTran and ZTE are infringing patents held by Graphics Properties Holdings. According to the May 17 complaint, the products at issue are consumer electronics devices with display and processing capabilities (337-TA-884), such as laptops, netbooks, PCs, television sets, HD camcorders, and Blu-ray and DVD players (see 13052109). The products all combine several pre-existing technologies into a single device. GPH is requesting the ITC issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders against the following respondents:

The International Trade Commission will consider whether to ban imports of several models of HTC cellphones, after it voted June 20 to begin a Section 337 investigation on the products. Nokia requested the investigation May 23, alleging the HTC cellphones infringe its patents (see 13052923). According to Nokia, infringing models include the HTC One S, One V, One X, Evo 4G LTE, Droid Incredible 4G LTE, Droid DNA, One X+, One VX, First, and One. Nokia is requesting limited exclusion and cease and desist orders. The ITC said the following companies are respondents:

The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan (A-583-841). The agency continued to find a zero AD rate for sole respondent Chang Chun Petrochemical Co., Ltd. As such, Commerce will direct CBP to liquidate entries of subject merchandise from CCPC during the period of review without regard to AD duties, and will not collect a cash deposit on future entries of subject merchandise exported by CCPC until further notice. The new rate is effective June 24, and will be implemented by CBP soon.

The Commerce Department will issue an antidumping duty order on xanthan gum from China, but not Austria, after the International Trade Commission found injury to U.S. industry resulting from imports from the former, but not the latter. The ITC’s finding of no injury from imports of Austrian xanthan gum was unanimous. Likewise, all of the commissioners either voted that injury or the threat of injury was occurring to U.S. industry because of dumped Chinese xanthan gum imports. Because the majority of voters found only the threat of injury from dumped Chinese imports, the AD duty order for China will not apply to entries made before the order is issued.