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On December 2, 2011, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a press release announcing that it voted to institute an investigation of Certain Communication Equipment, Components thereof, and Products Containing Same, Including Power Over Ethernet Telephones, Switches, Wireless Access Points, Routers and Other Devices Used in WLANs and Cameras (Inv. No. 337-TA-817).

The investigation is based on a November 1, 2011 complaint filed by ChriMar Systems, Inc. d/b/a CMS Technologies of Farmington Hills, Michigan alleging violation of Section 337 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of certain communication equipment, components thereof, and products containing same, including power over Ethernet telephones, switches, wireless access points, routers and other devices used in WLANs, and cameras that are compliant with the IEEE 802.3af and/or IEEE 802.3at amendments to the IEEE 802.3 standard and that infringe one or more claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,457,250.  See our November 3, 2011 post for more details.

According to the Notice of Investigation, the ITC has identified the following entities as the respondents in this investigation:

• Cisco Systems, Inc. of San Jose, California
• Cisco Consumer Products LLC of Irvine, California
• Cisco Systems International B.V. of the Netherlands
• Cisco-Linksys LLC of Irvine, California
• Hewlett-Packard Co. of Palo Alto, California
• 3Com Corporation of Marlborough, Massachusetts
• Avaya Inc. of Basking Ridge, New Jersey
• Extreme Networks, Inc. of Santa Clara, California


Further, Chief ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued a notice indicating that ALJ Theodore R. Essex will be the presiding Administrative Law Judge in this investigation.