On July 26, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice finding a violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1337, and determining to issue a limited exclusion order (“LEO”), cease and desist orders (“CDO”), and terminating the Investigation in Certain Semiconductor Chips Having Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Controllers and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-661).
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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 16, 2010, Vizio, Inc. of Irvine, California (“Vizio”) filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337.
The complaint alleges that LG Electronics, Inc. of South Korea and LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc. of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (collectively, “LGE”) have sold for importation, imported, and/or sold within the U.S. [...]

On July 12, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining to issue a limited exclusion order (“LEO”), and a cease and desist order (“CDO”), and terminating the Investigation in Certain Optoelectronic Devices, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-669).
By way of background, the Complainants in this investigation are Avago Technologies [...]

On July 8, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining to delegate authority to the Secretary of the Commission to publish notice of the receipt of future complaints under Section 337.  According to the notice, these notices will be issued to solicit comments on any public interest issues raised by the complaints.

On July 9, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining to reverse Chief ALJ Paul J. Luckern’s February 23, 2010 final Initial Determination (“ID”) in Certain Adjustable Keyboard Support Systems and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-670).  According to the notice, the ITC terminated the investigation finding that the asserted claims were not infringed and [...]

On June 22, 2010, the ITC issued a notice and opinion affirming ALJ Theodore R. Essex’s initial determination (“ID”) in Certain Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-688).
By way of background, this investigation follows litigation between Complainant Paice LLC (“Paice”) and Respondents Toyota Motor Corp., Toyota Motor North America, and Toyota Motor Sales, [...]

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 [...]

On June 18, 2010, the International Trade Commission (the “Commission”) issued a notice determining to review in part ALJ E. James Gildea’s April 19, 2010 Initial Determination (“ID”) finding no violation of Section 337 in Certain Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (“CCFL”) Inverter Circuits and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-666).  On review, the Commission [...]