11
Jul
By Eric Schweibenz
On July 11, 2011, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing that it voted to institute an investigation of Certain Integrated Circuits, Chipsets, and Products Containing Same Including Televisions (Inv. No. 337-TA-786).

The investigation is based on an June 8, 2011 complaint filed by Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. of Austin, Texas alleging violation of Section 337 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of certain integrated circuits, chipsets, and products containing same that infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,467,455.  See our June 10, 2011 post for more details.

According to the Notice of Investigation, the ITC has identified Funai Electric Co., Ltd. of Japan, Funai Corporation, Inc. of Rutherford, New Jersey, MediaTek Inc. of Taiwan, and Zoran Corporation of Sunnyvale, California as the respondents in this investigation. 

In addition, Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern issued a notice indicating that Robert K. Rogers, Jr. will be the presiding Administrative Law Judge in this investigation.