On July 26, 2011, Rovi Corporation, Rovi Guides, Inc., United Video Properties, Inc., and Gemstar Development Corporation (collectively, “Rovi”) — all of Santa Clara, California —filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that Sharp Corporation of Japan, Sharp Electronics Corporation of Mahwah, New Jersey, and [...]

Further to our June 27, 2011 post, on July 22, 2011, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued the public version of its opinion affirming, on modified grounds, ALJ Carl C. Charneski’s December 16, 2010 Initial Determination (“ID”) finding no violation of Section 337 in Certain Multimedia Display and Navigation Devices and Systems, Components Thereof, [...]

On July 26, 2011, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 8 in Certain Game Devices, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-757). In the Order, ALJ Essex granted-in-part and denied-in-part a motion filed by Complainant Microsoft Corp. (“Microsoft”) to strike certain affirmative defenses asserted by Respondents Datel Design & Development, Inc., [...]

On July 26, 2011, InterDigital Communications, LLC of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, InterDigital Technology Corp. of Wilmington, Delaware, and IPR Licensing, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware (collectively “InterDigital”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that the following entities (collectively, the “Proposed Respondents”) unlawfully import into [...]

On July 22, 2011, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice determining to review, vacate and remand for further proceedings an initial determination (“ID”) issued by Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern granting a motion for summary determination on domestic industry issues in Certain Wireless Communication Devices, Portable Music And Data Processing Devices, Computers and [...]

On July 18, 2011, Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern issued the public versions of Order No. 25 (dated March 2, 2011), Order No. 27 (dated March 10, 2011), and Order No. 28 (dated March 10, 2011) in Certain Electronic Imaging Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-726). By way of background, the Complainant in this investigation is Flashpoint [...]

On July 22, 2011, MyKey Technology Inc. of Gaithersburg, Maryland (“MyKey”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that the following entities (collectively, the “Proposed Respondents”) unlawfully import into the U.S., sell for importation, and/or sell within the U.S. after importation certain computer forensic devices [...]