On September 11, 2009, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing that it voted to institute an investigation of Certain Video Displays, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-687). The investigation is based on a August 12, 2009 complaint and August 27, 2009 amended complaint filed by LG Electronics, Inc. [...]

Further to our August 4 post, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 4: Setting Procedural Schedule in Certain Collaborative System Products and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-682). According to the Order, ALJ Gildea has provided dates in the procedural schedule for submission of proposed claim constructions for disputed claim terms and noted that “absent [...]

In Section 337 actions, the domestic industry requirement includes two prongs: (1) the economic prong, which involves investment activities, and (2) the technical prong, which involves the practice of the asserted intellectual property right. Subsection 337(a)(3) defines domestic industry as follows:     An industry in the United States shall be considered to exist if there [...]