On May 24, 2010, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued Order No. 65 in Certain Machine Vision Software, Machine Vision Systems, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-680). In the Order, ALJ Charneski granted a joint motion filed by Complainants Cognex Corporation and Cognex Technology & Investment Corporation and Respondent Subtechnique, Inc. to terminate the investigation [...]

Further to our April 30, 2010 post, on May 20, 2010, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued Order No. 4: Setting Target Date in Certain Large Scale Integrated Circuit Semiconductor Ships and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-716). According to the Order, ALJ Charneski set August 5, 2011, as the target date (which is 15 months [...]

On May 21, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued Order No. 19 in Certain Silicon Microphone Packages and Products Containing the Same (337-TA-695).  In the Order, ALJ Rogers denied Complainant Knowles Electronics LLC’s (“Knowles”) motion to compel the production of two categories of documents against Respondent Analog Devices, Inc. (“Analog”). According to the Order, [...]

On May 21, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining to review in part an Initial Determination (“ID”) issued by ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. on March 24, 2010 denying a motion for temporary relief in Certain Silicon Microphone Packages and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-695), and on review, to take [...]

Further to our May 14, 2010 post, on May 21, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued Order No. 4: Setting Target Date in Certain Digital Imaging Devices and Related Software (Inv. No. 337-TA-717). According to the Order, ALJ Rogers set September 19, 2011, as the target date (which is 16 months after institution of [...]

Further to our April 26, 2010 post, on May 21, 2010, Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern issued Order No. 3: Setting Target Date and Requiring Proposed Procedural Schedule(s) in Certain Electronic Devices with Multi-touch Enabled Touchpads and Touchscreens (Inv. No. 337-TA-714). According to the Order, ALJ Luckern set August 29, 2011 as the target date [...]

Further to our April 22, 2010 post, ALJ E. James Gildea issued the public version of the Initial Determination on Violation of Section 337 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). By way of background, the Complainants [...]

On May 21, 2010, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 5:  Setting Procedural Schedule in Certain Digital Set-Top Boxes and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-712). In the Order, ALJ Gildea set the procedural schedule for the investigation and included provisions for the early exchange of claim construction terms and proposed constructions. Also, according to [...]

On May 21, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining not to review an Initial Determination (“ID”) issued by ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. on May 4, 2010 granting-in-part a motion for summary determination of invalidity in Certain Printing and Imaging Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-690). By way of background, the [...]

On May 20, 2010, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 8:  Setting The Procedural Schedule in Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory Semiconductors and Products Containing Same, Including Memory Modules (Inv. No. 337-TA-707). In the Order, ALJ Essex set the procedural schedule for the investigation, including a December 14, 2010 start date for the evidentiary [...]