On November 23, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued the public version of its opinion (dated September 8, 2010) with respect to remedy, public interest, and bonding in Certain Energy Drink Products (Inv. No. 337-TA-678).  See our September 16, 2010 post for more details regarding the corresponding Commission notice. By way of background, the Complainants [...]

On November 16, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued a notice determining to modify an Initial Determination (“ID”) issued by ALJ Carl C. Charneski on July 16, 2010 and terminate the investigation with a finding of no violation of Section 337 in Certain Machine Vision Software, Machine Vision Systems, and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. [...]

On August 26, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued the public version of its opinion reversing ALJ Charles E. Bullock’s First Supplemental Initial determination and found that there had been no violation of Section 337 in Certain Encapsulated Integrated Circuit Devices and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-501) due to the fact that the patents-in-suit [...]

On August 13, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued the public version of its opinion reversing 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).  The ITC terminated the investigation, finding that the asserted claims were invalid and not infringed. [...]

On August 10, 2010, the ITC issued the public version of its opinion affirming ALJ Theodore R. Essex’s January 22, 2010 Initial Determination (“ID”) finding a violation of Section 337, and determining to issue a limited exclusion order (“LEO”) and cease and desist orders in Certain Semiconductor Chips Having Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Controllers [...]

On August 3, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued the public version of its opinion detailing its final determination not to (i) revise the existing limited exclusion order (“LEO”), and (ii) issue a cease and desist order (“CDO”) in the enforcement proceeding in Certain Voltage Regulators, Components Thereof and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-564). By [...]

On July 26, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued its Opinion on the issues of remedy, the public interest and bonding in Certain Optoelectronic Devices, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-669). By way of background, this investigation was instituted on March 10, 2009 based on a complaint filed by Avago Technologies [...]

On July 19, 2010, the ITC issued the public version of its opinion affirming ALJ E. James Gildea’s April 19, 2010 Initial Determination (“ID”) of no violation of Section 337 in Certain Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp (“CCFL”) Inverter Circuits and Products Containing the Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-666).  Although the ITC affirmed ALJ Gildea’s overall determination of [...]

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 [...]

On June 7, 2010, the International Trade Commission issued its Opinion granting in part a motion for sanctions filed by complainants Magotteaux International S/A and Magotteaux Inc. (collectively, “Magotteaux”) in Certain Composite Wear Components and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-644).  In the Opinion, the Commission adopted the recommendation of ALJ Theodore R. Essex to [...]