The International Trade Administration moved up the effective date for revocation of the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on honey from Argentina (A-357-812 / C-357-813), after receiving no opposition to its preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. In the September results of a sunset review, the ITA revoked the AD/CV duty orders as of Aug. 2, 2012. Through this changed circumstances review, the ITA now says the effective date of revocation is Dec. 1, 2010, for the AD duty order, and Dec. 1, 2011, for the CV duty order.
According to the International Trade Commission, a Section 337 patent complaint on certain balloon dissection devices and products containing same was filed on behalf of Covidien LP on Dec. 21. The proposed respondents are:
According to the International Trade Commission, a Section 337 patent complaint on certain wireless communication equipment and articles therein was filed on behalf of Samsung on Dec. 21. The proposed respondents are:
Speculative Product Design filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission Dec. 26, alleging violations of its patents related to certain cases for portable electronic devices. The complaint lists the following proposed respondents:
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about Jan. 5 on a patent complaint filed by Fellowes Office Products (Suzhou) on certain paper shredders, certain processes for manufacturing or relating to same and certain products containing same and certain parts thereof (D/N 2924). The complaint named the following as respondents:
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about Jan. 5 on public interest issues raised by the patent complaint filed Dec. 20 by Nuance Communications on certain mobile handset devices and related touch keyboard software technology (D/N 2923). The complaint listed the following as respondents:
The International Trade Commission issued its annual report on violations of its administrative protective orders for calendar year 2011. The report only summarizes investigations of breaches in its antidumping and countervailing duty and Section 337 patent proceedings. No rules violation investigations were completed in 2011, the ITC said.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Dec. 27 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
According to the International Trade Commission, a Section 337 patent complaint on Certain Paper Shredders, certain processes for manufacturing or relating to same and certain products containing same was filed on behalf of Fellowes Office Products (Suzhou) on Dec. 20. The proposed respondents are:
According to the International Trade Commission, a Section 337 patent complaint on certain mobile handset devices and related touch keyboard software technology was filed on behalf of Nuance Communications on Dec. 20. The proposed respondents are: