The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 17, 2012, 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 said it will not review the administrative law judge's(ALJ) finding of violations of section 337 in the importation into the U.S., the sale for importation, and the sale within the U.S. after importation of certain handbags, luggage, accessories, and packaging thereof, by reason of infringement of trademarks held by Louis Vuitton Malletier S.A. of France and Louis Vuitton U.S. Manufacturing, Inc. of San Dimas, CA (337-TA-754). The ALJ's initial determination also recommended that the ITC issue a general exclusion order and set a bond of 100% during the period of Presidential review.

The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain food waste disposers and components and packaging thereof (337-TA-838). The products at issue in this investigation are undersink-mounted food waste disposers.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 16, 2012, 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 determined on April 13, 2012 that there is a reasonable indication that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of drawn stainless steel sinks from China that are allegedly subsidized and sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. As a result, the ITA will continue to conduct its countervailing and antidumping duty investigations on imports of this product from China, with its preliminary countervailing duty determination due on or about May 25, 2012, and its preliminary antidumping duty determination due on or about August 8, 2012. Subsequent ITC notice (FR Pub 04/20/12) available here. (ITA Case No. A-570-983 / C-570-984; ITC Case No. 701-TA-489 / 731-TA-1201)

The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 16, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):

The International Trade Administration issued the initiation and preliminary results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from China (A-570-875), in response to a request by Ford Motor Co. that the ITA revoke, in part, the AD order with respect to a particular brake fluid tube connector. The connector is a “joint block” for brake fluid tubes and is made of non-malleable cast iron to Society of Automotive Engineers (SEA) automotive standard J431. The ITA said the domestic industry has affirmatively expressed a lack of interest in the continuation of the order with respect to this product. Therefore, The ITA intends to revoke, in part, the AD order as it relates to imports of the connector described above from China.

The International Trade Administration issued a correction to its notice of initiation of the countervailing duty investigation of drawn stainless steel sinks from China (C-570-984). In the scope of the original CV initiation notice, the ITA omitted a word and used an incomplete Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) number.

The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 13, 2012, 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 to institute an investigation of certain audiovisual components and products containing the same (337-TA-837). The products at issue in this investigation are Wi-Fi components, multimedia processing components, digital televisions (DTVs), Blu-ray players, DVD players/recorders, DTV/DVD combinations, DTV/Blu-ray combinations, multimedia streaming players, home theater systems, etc.