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May
By Eric Schweibenz
On May 10, 2010 ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued the public version of Order No. 60 (dated April 28, 2010), in Certain Machine Vision Software, Machine Vision Systems, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-680).  In the Order, ALJ Charneski granted-in-part Complainants Cognex Corporation and Cognex Technology & Investment Corporation’s (“Cognex”) motion for summary determination that Respondents MVTec Software GmbH, MVTec LLC, Omron Corporation, Resolution Technology, Inc., Subtechnique, Inc., Visics Corporation, Daiichi Jitsugyo Viswill Co., Ltd. and Daiichi Jitsugyo (America) have imported into the U.S., sold for importation into the U.S., and/or sold within the U.S. after importation certain machine vision software, machine vision systems, and products containing same that are the subject of this investigation.

According to the Order, Respondents MVTec Software GmbH, MVTec LLC, Omron Corporation, Daiichi Jitsugyo Viswill Co., Ltd. and Daiichi Jitsugyo (America) submitted no opposition and thus Cognex’s motion was granted as to these named respondents.  Respondents Resolution Technology, Inc., Subtechnique, Inc., and Visics Corporation (the “RSV Respondents”) opposed Cognex’s motion arguing that “they engage in exclusively domestic activities with exclusively domestic entities.”  ALJ Charneski denied Cognex’s motion as to the RSV Respondents determining that general issues of material fact exist and “the record will be greatly enhanced by the development of these facts at the hearing.”