On June 29, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued Order No. 7 in Certain MEMS Devices and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-700). In the Order, ALJ Rogers granted-in-part and denied-in-part Complainant Analog Devices, Inc.’s (“Analog”) motion to strike the rebuttal expert reports of Respondents Knowles Electronics LLC and Mouser Electronics, Inc.’s (collectively, [...]
On June 28, 2010, Canon Inc., Canon U.S.A., Inc. and Canon Virginia, Inc. (collectively, “Canon”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. Canon alleges infringement of certain claims of two of its U.S. patents, 5,903,803 and 6,128,454 which both relate to a projection on photosensitive toner cartridge drums [...]
Further to our June 22, 2010 post, on June 28, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued Order No. 4: Setting Target Date in Certain Inkjet Ink Cartridges With Printheads and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-723). According to the Order, ALJ Rogers set October 24, 2011, as the target date (which is 16 months after [...]
On June 24, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued the public version of Order No. 18 (dated May 10, 2010) in Certain Silicon Microphone Packages and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-695). In the Order, ALJ Rogers denied Respondent Analog Devices, Inc.’s (“Analog”) motion to compel Complainant Knowles Electronics LLC (“Knowles”) to produce [...]
On June 25, 2010, Hewlett-Packard Company of Palo Alto, California (“HP”) and Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. of Houston, Texas (“HPDC”) (collectively, “Complainants”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that Mipo International Ltd. of Hong Kong; Mextec Group Inc. d/b/a Mipo America Ltd. of Miami, [...]
On June 23, 2010, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 19 (dated September 17, 2009) in Certain Semiconductor Chips Having Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Controllers and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-661). In the Order, ALJ Essex granted Complainant Rambus, Inc.’s (“Rambus”) motion to compel testimony from a document [...]
On June 24, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued the public version of Order No. 24 (dated April 21, 2010) in Certain Printing and Imaging Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-690) denying Complainants Ricoh Company, Ltd., Ricoh Americas Corporation, and Ricoh Electronics, Inc.’s (collectively, “Ricoh”) motion for summary determination that Ricoh met the [...]
On June 23, 2010 ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 12 (dated May 21, 2010) denying Respondents Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., and Toyota Motor Sales, USA, Inc.’s (collectively, “Toyota”) renewed motion for summary determination filed April 12, 2010 in Certain Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Components Thereof [...]
On April 9, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued Order No. 21 in Certain Printing and Imaging Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-690). In the Order, ALJ Rogers denied Respondent’s motion for summary determination of non-infringement of claims not asserted in expert reports. By way of background, the Complainants in this investigation are Ricoh [...]
On June 25, 2010, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing that it voted to institute an investigation of Certain Electronic Devices With Image Processing Systems, Components Thereof, and Associated Software (Inv. No. 337-TA-724). The investigation is based on a May 28, 2010 complaint and a June 22, 2010 letter supplementing the [...]
