The International Trade Commission has begun a Section 337 Investigation on imported bio-layer interferometers, it said in a notice released Nov. 28 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1344). The institution follows an Oct. 25 complaint by Sartorius Bioanalytical Instruments, which alleged that Gator Bio has infringed on four of Sartorius's patents regarding phase shift interferometry methods in diagnostic tests used in medical, veterinary, agricultural and research applications. Gator imports biolayer interferometers, biosensors and kits that allegedly infringe on the four patents. Sartorius asked the ITC for a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
The International Trade Commission has opened a Section 337 investigation on imported video processing devices, according to a notice released Nov. 28 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1343). The investigation follows an Oct. 24 complaint by DivX, which alleged that Amazon and Vizio import streaming media devices such as the Amazon Fire and Vizio's D-, M-, P- and V-series of smart televisions infringe on five of DivX's patents. The patents cover improvements to computer systems for streaming media, compressed video content and adaptive bitrate streaming. DivX has asked the ITC for permanent limited exclusion and cease and desist orders.
The International Trade Commission has begun a formal Section 337 investigation on imported semiconductors with dummy fill, it said in a notice released Nov. 28 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1342). The initiation follows an Oct. 14 complaint from Bell Semiconductor, which alleged that 15 companies are importing devices containing semiconductors that infringe a Bell patent concerning the capacitive effect of non-signal carrying features within an integrated circuit. Bell asked the ITC for a limited exclusion order against the following respondents: Analog Devices Inc.; Bose Corporation; Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.; Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.; Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.; Kioxia Corporation; Kioxia America, Inc.; MaxLinear, Inc.; Linksys USA; MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc.; Silicon Laboratories, Inc.; DENSO Corporation; Skyworks Solutions, Inc.; OmniVision Technologies, Inc.; and Arlo Technologies, Inc.
The International Trade Commission has begun a formal Section 337 investigation on video processing devices imported by HP, according to a notice released Nov. 28 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1341). An Oct. 19 complaint by VideoLabs alleged that HP has imported desktop and laptop computers that are capable of encoding video data using context-adaptive variable-length coding, of demultiplexing data into coded audio data and coded video data, or contain integrated circuits that are capable of the same. VideoLabs said that these items infringe three of its patents concerning apparatus for more efficient encoding and decoding of video with compression techniques and has asked the ITC for permanent limited exclusion and cease and desist orders against the infringing products.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 28 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 has issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on preserved mushrooms from France (A-427-833). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in these final determinations take effect Nov. 28, the date they were published in the Federal Register.
Lawyers from BakerHostetler that represent the Conseil de l’industrie forestière du Québec and the Ontario Forest Industries Association are using a Commerce Department comment process for softwood lumber subsidies to argue once again that the countervailing duty case against Canadian lumber exports contradicts the USMCA Environment Chapter commitments and Biden administration environment and social justice priorities.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 25 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 published notices in the Nov. 23 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 Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 23 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):