Accent chests imported by Jimco Lamp & Manufacturing are not subject to antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890), the Commerce Department said in a recent scope ruling. Applying its four-part Ethan Allen test, the agency found Jimco’s chests are not intended for bedroom use.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on truck and bus tires from China (C-570-041). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries Feb. 15, 2019, through Dec. 31, 2019.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on cast iron soil pipe from China (A-570-079). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD duties on importers for subject merchandise entered Aug. 31, 2018, through April 30, 2020.
The Commerce Department issued the final results of its countervailing duty administrative review on common alloy aluminum sheet (aluminum sheet) from China (C-570-074). The agency calculated new CV duty cash deposit rates for the Chinese producers and exporters listed below. These final results will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries April 23, 2018, through Dec. 31, 2019.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 21 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 International Trade Commission will ban imports of LED light fixtures from RAB Lighting that it has determined infringe patents held by Ideal Industries Lighting, which does business as Cree Lighting, it said in a notice released Dec. 21 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1213). The limited exclusion order concludes a Section 337 investigation that began in August 2020. Cree had alleged RAB Lighting is importing LED fixtures for indoor or outdoor applications, used by consumers in everyday residential and commercial applications, that infringe its patents. The ITC also issued a cease and desist order against RAB Lighting, and set bond at 5% of entered value for entries of covered products imported during the 60-day period the administration has to review the exclusion order.
The International Trade Commission is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of chemical mechanical planarization slurries (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1204) from DuPont and Rohm and Haas Electronic Materials that it has determined infringe patents held by Cabot Microelectronics Corp. (CMC), though it will allow for a one-year exemption in some cases, it said in a notice released Dec. 21. The order concludes a Section 337 investigation that began in June 2020 (see 2007010032), based on allegations that the Optiplane family of slurry products from DuPont and Rohm and Haas infringe patents related to CMC's iDIEL line of slurries, which are used by semiconductor device manufacturers to level, smooth and remove excess material from the surfaces of various semiconductor device layers. The ITC is also issuing cease and desist orders banning importation and sale of infringing products from DuPont and Rohm and Haas. But it will allow an exemption from the limited exclusion and cease and desist orders for up to one year for imports used in an ongoing semiconductor chip fabrication development project under some conditions. The ITC set bond at 100% of entered value for entries of covered products imported during the 60-day period the administration has to review the exclusion order.
The International Trade Commission issued a general exclusion order banning all imports of percussive massage devices that infringe patents held by Hyperice (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1206), it said in a notice released Dec. 21. The exclusion order, which applies across the board and is not specific to any company’s products, results from a Section 337 investigation launched in July 2020 (see 2007220046). Hyperice had alleged companies in the U.S. and China, many of which have since agreed to settlements, are copying patented technologies used in the devices, which are used primarily by athletes for deep tissue massage. The ITC also issued a cease and desist order against Kinghood International Logistics, and set bond at 100% of entered value for imports of covered merchandise during the 60-day period the administration has to review the exclusion order.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 20 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 International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 17 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):