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ALJ Essex Grants-In-Part Motion To Compel In Certain Semiconductor Chips (337-TA-661)

Friday, December 17th, 2010

On December 10, 2010, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 15 (dated July 23, 2009) granting-in-part Respondent NVIDIA Corporation’s (“NVIDIA”) motion to compel in Certain Semiconductor Chips Having Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Controllers and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-661). According to the order, NVIDIA moved to compel Complainant [...]

ALJ Charneski Rules On Motion For Summary Determination Regarding Non-Infringement In Certain Flash Memory (337-TA-685)

Friday, December 10th, 2010

On December 9, 2010, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued the public version of Order No. 42 (dated November 18, 2010) in Certain Flash Memory and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-685) denying Respondents Spansion, Inc. and Spansion LLC’s (collectively, “Spansion”) motion for summary determination that claim 12 of U.S. Patent No. 5,740,065 (the ‘065 patent) [...]

Rambus Files New 337 Complaint Regarding Certain Semiconductor Chips

Monday, December 6th, 2010

On December 1, 2010, Rambus Inc. of Sunnyvale, California (“Rambus”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337. The complaint alleges that Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. of Austin, Texas; Broadcom Corporation of Irvine, California; LSI Corporation of Milpitas, California; MediaTek Inc. of Hsin-Chu, Taiwan; nVidia Corporation of Santa Clara, California; [...]

ALJ Charneski Rules On Motion For Summary Determination Regarding Domestic Industry In Certain Flash Memory (337-TA-685)

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

On December 1, 2010, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued Order No. 46 in Certain Flash Memory and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-685) denying Complainant Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.’s (“Samsung”) motion for summary determination that Samsung satisfies the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement under 19 U.S.C. § 1337(a)(3). In support of its motion, [...]

ALJ Charneski Denies Motion To Compel In Certain Personal Data And Mobile Communications Devices (337-TA-710)

Wednesday, December 1st, 2010

On November 29, 2010, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued Order No. 53 denying Respondents HTC Corp., HTC America, Inc., and Exedea, Inc.’s (collectively, “HTC”) motion to compel in Certain Personal Data and Mobile Communications Devices and Related Software (Inv. No. 337-TA-710). According to the Order, HTC moved to compel Complainants Apple, Inc. and NeXT Software, [...]

ALJ Charneski Rules On Motion For Summary Determination Regarding Invalidity In Certain Flash Memory (337-TA-685)

Wednesday, November 17th, 2010

On November 15, 2010, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued Order No. 38 in Certain Flash Memory and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-685) denying Respondents Spansion, Inc. and Spansion LLC’s (collectively, “Spansion”) motion for summary determination of no violation of Section 337 on the ground that the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,740,065 (the [...]

ALJ Gildea Grants Motion To Remove Markman Hearing From Calendar In Certain Electronic Paper Towel Dispensing Devices (337-TA-718)

Tuesday, November 16th, 2010

On November 15, 2010, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 24 granting a joint and unopposed motion to remove the Markman hearing and all related dates from the procedural schedule in Certain Electronic Paper Towel Dispensing Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-718).   The motion was jointly filed by Complainant Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP [...]

ALJ Charneski Rules On Motion For Leave To File A Supplemental Notice Of Prior Art In Certain Personal Data And Mobile Communications Devices (337-TA-710)

Friday, November 12th, 2010

On November 9, 2010, ALJ Carl C. Charneski issued Order No. 40 granting-in-part Respondents High Tech Computer Corp., HTC America, Inc. and Exedia, Inc.’s (collectively, “HTC”) motion for leave to file a Supplemental Notice of Prior Art in Certain Personal Data and Mobile Communications Devices and Related Software (Inv. No. 337-TA-710). According to the order, [...]

ALJ Bullock Issues Orders On Evidentiary Motions In Certain Mobile Communications and Computer Devices (337-TA-704)

Thursday, November 4th, 2010

On October 28, 2010, ALJ Charles E. Bullock issued Order No. 60, and on October 29, 2010, issued the public versions of Order No. 54 (dated October 19, 2010) and Order No. 55 (dated October 21, 2010) in Certain Mobile Communications and Computer Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-704). In Order No. 54, ALJ [...]

ALJ Rogers Rules On Motions For Summary Determination of Non-Infringement In Certain Notebook Computer Products (337-TA-705)

Monday, November 1st, 2010

On October 27, 2010, ALJ Robert K. Rogers, Jr. issued the public versions of Order No. 19 (dated September 16, 2010) and Order No. 21 (dated September 24, 2010) in Certain Notebook Computer Products and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-705). In Order No. 19, ALJ Rogers denied Respondents Wistron Corporation, Wistron InfoComm (Texas) Corporation, and [...]