The International Trade Commission is beginning a pair of Section 337 investigations on Motorola and Lenovo mobile phones, tablets and laptops that allegedly infringe patents held by Ericsson, the commission said in a pair of notices Nov. 17.
The International Trade Commission is issuing a general exclusion order banning all imports of pillows and seat cushions that violate a patent held by Purple Innovation, as well as a limited exclusion order banning only imports from Dirani Design that violate a different Purple Innovation patent (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1328), the ITC said in a notice Nov. 17. The import bans follow a Section 337 investigation conducted in response to a complaint filed by Purple Innovation in 2022 (see 2208110005). The ITC also issued cease and desist orders against Dirani Design, Dongguan Jingrui, Hangzhou Lydia and Shenzhen Leadfar, all of which were found to be in default after not participating in the investigation.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 17 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 Commerce Department released the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain quartz surface products from India (A-533-889). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers of subject merchandise entered June 1, 2021, through May 31, 2022.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 16 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission is beginning a formal enforcement proceeding to investigate allegations that four companies are still importing patent-infringing chocolate milk powder (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1332) in violation of an ITC general exclusion order, the commission said in a notice Nov. 16. Meenaxi told the ITC in October that four companies -- Organic Ingredients, New India, Bharat Bazar and Coconut Hill – continue to import chocolate milk powder that infringes its patents, despite the order issued in December 2022.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 16 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 Commerce Department is correcting its preliminary countervailing duty determination on paper shopping bags from China (A-570-153) to correct two company names, it said in a notice released Nov. 16. The two companies, Qingdao Chenyu Packaging Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Sanxi Paper Co., Ltd., both received rates of 144.03% in the preliminary determination (see 2311030057).
The Commerce Department published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Ukraine (A-823-817, CBP A-462-818). The agency upheld its preliminary calculation of a zero percent AD rate for the sole company under review, PJSC Stalkanat. Commerce will liquidate entries from Stalkanat during the period Oct. 15, 2020, through March 31, 2022, without regard to AD, and future entries from PJSC Stalkanat will not be subject to an AD cash deposit requirement until further notice. The new rate takes effect Nov. 16.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on cased pencils from China (A-570-827). Commerce continued its preliminary finding that three companies subject to this administrative review are part of the China-wide entity, with a rate of 114.9%, because none filed a separate rate application or a separate rate certification. Commerce will assess antidumping duties at this rate on subject merchandise from the three companies entered Dec. 1, 2021, through Nov. 30, 2022. A 114.9% AD cash deposit rate takes effect for each of the three companies on Nov. 16, the date these final results were published in the Federal Register.