Graco and Wonderland Nurserygoods filed a complaint Nov. 23 requesting the International Trade Commission begin a Section 337 investigation into imports of playards and strollers that allegedly infringe their patents. Graco and Wonderland say Baby Trend, Dongguan Golden Prosper Baby Products, Sichuan Hobbies Baby Products and Anhui Chile Baby Products are manufacturing and importing playards and strollers that copy the patented designs of Graco’s Pack n’ Play playard and Duoglider stroller. Graco and Wonderland seek a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning importation and sale of the infringing products. Comments are due to the ITC Dec. 9.
DivX seeks a ban on imports of TCL smart televisions that infringe its patented video processing technology, DivX told the ITC in a Section 337 complaint filed Nov. 24. DivX seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning importation and sale of devices from TCL that infringe the relevant patent, which covers an adaptive streaming technology. DivX says the ITC should consider aspects of its complaint under the commission’s pilot program for interim initial determinations, given that the issues have already been raised in another Section 337 proceeding. Comments are due to the ITC Dec. 9.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register Nov. 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 and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel plate from Belgium (A-423-808), South Africa (A-791-805) and Taiwan (A-583-830); heavy iron construction castings from Canada (A-122-503); iron construction castings from Brazil (A-351-503) and China (A-570-502); heavy forged hand tools from China (A-570-803); and carbon and alloy steel cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from Austria (A-433-812), Belgium (A-423-812), Brazil (A-351-847), China (A-570-047), France (A-427-828), Germany (A-428-844), Italy (A-475-834), Japan (A-588-875), Korea (A-580-887), South Africa (A-791-822), Taiwan (A-583-858), and Turkey (A-489-828), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain coated paper suitable for high-quality print graphics using sheet-fed presses from China (A-570-958/C-570-959) and Indonesia (A-560-823/C-560-824); and the countervailing duty orders on stainless steel plate from South Africa (C-791-806); heavy iron construction castings from Brazil (C-351-504); and CTL plate from China (C-570-048) and Korea (C-580-888).
The Commerce Department on Nov. 30 released a notice announcing the opportunity to request administrative reviews by Jan. 3, 2022, for producers and exporters subject to 46 antidumping duty orders, 15 countervailing duty orders and two suspension agreements with December anniversary dates.
The Commerce Department is amending the final results of its recently completed countervailing duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (C-570-971). Agency fixes to errors in its original final results will cause CV rates to rise for 69 of the 70 Chinese producers and exporters. These amended final results, scheduled for publication in the Dec. 1 Federal Register, will be used to set final assessments of CV duties on importers for entries between Jan. 1, 2018, and Dec. 31, 2018.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 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 Nov. 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 extending until March 7, 2022, the deadline for its preliminary determination in the countervailing duty investigation on oil country tubular goods from South Korea and Russia (C-580-913, C-821-834), it said in a notice released Nov. 29. The preliminary determination had been due by Dec. 30 (see 2111010042). The agency decided to postpone after the petitioners that requested the investigation -- Bomsan Mannesmann Pipe U.S., Inc.; PTC Liberty Tubulars LLC; U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc.; the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC; and Welded Tube USA, Inc. -- asked for an extension. Cash deposits of estimated CV duties can be collected only after the preliminary determination, although cash deposits can be made retroactive 90 days from the preliminary determination if Commerce finds “critical circumstances.”
The Commerce Department began administrative reviews for certain firms subject to antidumping and countervailing duty orders with October anniversary dates, it said in a notice. Producers and exporters subject to administrative reviews on products from China or Vietnam must submit their separate rate certifications or applications on or about Dec. 29 in order to avoid being assigned high China-wide or Vietnam-wide rates.