On March 9, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 15 granting in part Complainants’ motion to compel discovery responses from Respondents Fuzhou F&V Photographic Equipment Co., Ltd. (“F&V”) and Shantou Nanguang Photographic Equipment Co., Ltd. (“Nanguang”) in Certain LED Photographic Lighting Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-804). By way of background, the [...]

On March 6, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 15 granting Complainants’ motion to strike Respondents’ rebuttal expert on domestic industry in Certain Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) Portable Storage Devices, Including USB Flash Drives and Components Thereof (337-TA-788). By way of background, the investigation is based on a complaint filed by Trek 2000 [...]

On March 2, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued a notice regarding the Initial Determination (“ID”) in Certain Semiconductor Chips and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-753). By way of background, the Complainant in this investigation is Rambus, Inc. and the remaining Respondents are Audio Partnership PLC, Cisco Systems, Inc., NVIDIA Corporation, Mediatek, Inc., Oppo [...]

On March 2, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 64 in Certain Semiconductor Chips and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-753). By way of background, this Investigation is based on a December 1, 2010 complaint filed by Rambus, Inc., of Sunnyvale, California (“Rambus”) alleging violation of Section 337 by more than thirty named [...]

On February 21, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 34 (dated February 6, 2012) granting Complainant Microsoft Corporation’s (“Microsoft”) motion for summary determination that it satisfies the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement in Certain Handheld Electronic Computing Devices, Related Software, And Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-769). According [...]

On February 13, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued the public version of Order No. 32 (dated January 31, 2012) granting Microsoft’s Motion for Summary Determination, thereby eliminating an affirmative defense of patent misuse raised by Barnes & Noble, Inc. and barnesandnoble.com (collectively, “Barnes & Noble”) in Certain Handheld Electronic Computing Devices, Related Software, And [...]

On February 9, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 25 granting Complainant’s motion for entry of default against certain respondents and granting respondent National Cellular’s motion for default in Certain Protective Cases and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-780). By way of background, the investigation is based on a complaint filed by Otter Products, [...]

On February 8, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 14 in Certain LED Photographic Lighting Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-804). In the Order, ALJ Essex granted a joint motion filed by Complainants Litepanels, Ltd. and Litepanels, Inc. (collectively, “Litepanels”) and Respondent Elation Lighting, Inc. (“Elation”) to terminate the investigation based on [...]

Further to our December 10, 2011 and January 24, 2012 posts, on February 7, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 6:  Setting Procedural Schedule in 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. [...]

On February 7, 2012, ALJ Theodore R. Essex issued Order No. 13 in Certain Universal Serial Bus (“USB”) Portable Storage Devices, Including USB Flash Drives and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-788). In the Order, ALJ Essex granted a motion filed by Complainants Trek Technology (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Trek 2000 International Ltd., and S-Com (S) Pte. [...]