On April 21, 2010, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 2:  Notice of Ground Rules and Setting Target Date and Date for Submission of Proposed Procedural Schedule in Certain Digital Set-Top Boxes and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-712). In the Order, ALJ Gildea set August 22, 2011 as the target date for completion of [...]

On April 19, 2010, Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern issued the public version of Order No. 16 (dated April 5, 2010) in Certain DC-DC Controllers and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-698), denying Complainants Richtek Technology Corp. and Richtek USA, Inc.’s (collectively, “Richtek”) motion to compel Respondent uPI Semiconductor Corporation (“uPI”) to search and [...]

On April 19, 2010, ALJ E. James Gildea issued a notice regarding the Initial Determination and Recommended Determination on Remedy and Bond (“ID”) in Certain Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (“CCFL”) Inverter Circuits and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-666). The Complainants in this investigation are O2 Micro International Ltd. and O2 Micro Inc.  The [...]

On April 19, 2010, Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP (“Georgia Pacific”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that Kruger Products LP of Canada and KTG USA LP of Memphis, Tennessee (together “Kruger”); Stefco Industries, Inc. of Haines City, Florida and Cellynne Corporation of Haines City, [...]

Further to our March 23, 2010 post, on April 20, 2010, the International Trade Commission (“Commission”) issued its Opinion in Certain Semiconductor Integration Circuits Using Tungsten Metallization and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-648).  In the Opinion, the Commission affirmed the ALJ’s ultimate determination of no violation, but on different grounds with respect to claim [...]