On August 27, 2010, the Federal Circuit issued its opinion in Pass & Seymour, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 2009-1338, -1369.  This was an appeal by Pass & Seymour, Inc. (“P&S”) from the Commission’s final determination in Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-615) that General Protecht Group, Inc., Wenzhou [...]

On July 30, 2010, ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 18 in Certain Mobile Communications and Computer Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-704).  In the Order, ALJ Bullock construed various claim terms in the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,455,599 (the ‘599 patent), 5,379,431 (the ‘431 patent), 6,424,354 (the ‘354 patent), and [...]

On July 20, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining not to review the findings in ALJ Charles E. Bullock’s March 22, 2010 Second Supplemental Initial Determination (“Second Supplemental ID”) and November 9, 2005 Remand Initial Determination (“Remand ID”) collectively finding no violation of Section 337 in Certain Encapsulated Integrated Circuit Devices and [...]

On July 22, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining to review in its entirety an Initial Determination (“ID”) issued by Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern on June 22, 2010 construing various claim terms of U.S. Patent No. 6,292,218 (the ‘218 patent) in Certain Mobile Telephones and Wireless Communication Devices Featuring Digital Cameras, [...]

On July 19, 2010, Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern issued Order No. 7 in Certain Biometric Scanning Devices, Components Thereof, Associated Software, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-720).
In the Order, ALJ Luckern set the procedural schedule for the investigation and included provisions for the early exchange of claim construction terms and proposed constructions.  [...]

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 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 23, 2010, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 21 (dated October 7, 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 for summary determination that it satisfied [...]

On June 23, 2010, STC.UNM of Albuquerque, New Mexico (“STC”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337.
The complaint alleges that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited of Taiwan (“TSMC”) and Samsung Electronics Company Limited of South Korea (“Samsung”) unlawfully import into the U.S., sell for importation, and sell within [...]

On June 22, 2010, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice determining to request further briefing on the issue of patent exhaustion in Certain Semiconductor Chips Having Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Controllers and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-661).
By way of background, the Complainant in this investigation is Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”) and [...]