ALJ Rogers Grants Joint Motions To Terminate Investigation In Certain Portable Communication Devices (337-TA-827)
On June 1, 2012, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued the public versions of Order Nos. 14 and 15 (both dated May 31, 2012) in Certain Portable Communication Devices (Inv. No. 337-TA-827).
In Order No. 14, ALJ Rogers granted a joint motion filed by Complainant Digitude Innovations, LLC (“Digitude”) and the following respondents to terminate the investigation based on a settlement agreement:
- Research In Motion Ltd.
- Research In Motion Corp.
- LG Electronics, Inc.
- LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc.
- LG Electronics MobileComm U.S.A., Inc.
- Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc.
- Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
- Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC
- Sony Corporation
- Sony Corporation of America
- Sony Electronics, Inc.
- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
- Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA) Inc.
- Amazon.com, Inc.
- Pantech Co. Ltd.
- Pantech Wireless, Inc.
The order states that in the instant investigation, the motion to terminate is based on a series of agreements between Digitude, RPX Corporation, and the above settling respondents. After reviewing the confidential and non-confidential versions of the agreements, ALJ Rogers granted the joint motion filed by Digitude and the above respondents.
In Order No. 15, ALJ Rogers granted a joint motion filed by Digitude and respondents HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., Nokia Corporation, and Nokia Inc., to terminate the investigation based on a settlement agreement. This order again stated that the motion to terminate is based on a series of agreements between Digitude, RPX Corporation, and the above HTC and Nokia settling respondents. After reviewing the confidential and non-confidential versions of the agreements, ALJ Rogers granted the joint motion filed by Digitude and the above-named Nokia and HTC respondents.
Order 15 additionally stated that, as an initial determination, it terminated the investigation in its entirety.
