The International Trade Commission initiated a Section 337 investigation March 28 on power semiconductors, and mobile devices and computers that allegedly infringe patents held by Arigna Technologies (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1308). The investigation follows a Feb. 11 complaint from Arigna Technologies that alleges Samsung, Apple, Google, TCL, Lenovo, OnePlus and Microsoft manufacture and import mobile devices and computers containing semiconductors that infringe on one of Arigna's patent related to a semiconductor device and module that provide short-circuit protection. Aringa is seeking a permanent limited exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders directed to each of the proposed respondents.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 30 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 March 30 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 leaving in place the agreement suspending antidumping duties on fresh tomatoes from Mexico (A-201-820), it said in the final results of an administrative review released March 30. Mexican exporters remain in compliance with the suspension agreements, Commerce said.
The Commerce Department has issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on monosodium glutamate from Indonesia (A-560-826). These final results, reflecting a calculation change that lowered the rate from the preliminary results, will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise from two companies under review entered Nov. 1, 2019, through Oct. 31, 2020.
The Commerce Department is postponing until June 14, 2022, the due date for its preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber from the Czech Republic (A-851-805) and Russia (A-821-835), it said in a notice. Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than April 25, 2022. Lion Elastomers LLC requested that Commerce postpone. (See 2112090029 for the initiation and scope of the investigation and 2111190027 for the underlying petition.)
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 29 Federal Register on the following AD/CV 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 March 29 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 amending the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on large power transformers from South Korea (A-580-867) it issued March 8, to correct an error it said it made in calculating the rate for Hyosung Heavy Industries Corporation, Inc. Commerce said it received an allegation from petitioners Hitachi Energy USA, Inc., and Prolec-GE Waukesha, Inc., that it had made a ministerial error in the final results of this review with regard to the calculated rate for Hyosung. "Based on our analysis of the allegation, we determine that we made a ministerial error and we made changes to the calculation of the weighted-average dumping margin for Hyosung," Commerce said.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 28 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):