On June 24, 2009, the ITC issued a Notice of Commission Decision to affirm-in-part and reverse-in-part a final Initial Determination (“ID”) finding a violation of section 337 by Sharp Corporation, Sharp Electronics Corporation, and Sharp Electronics Manufacturing Company of America, Inc. (collectively, “Sharp”) as a result of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. [...]

On June 12, 2009, the ITC issued a Notice of Final Determination in Certain Silicon Microphone Packages and Products Containing Same (337-TA-629) finding a violation of section 337 by MEMS Technology Berhad (“MemsTech”) as a result of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,781,231 and 7,242,089.  Please note that Oblon Spivak represents MemsTech [...]

On May 29, 2009, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued a Notice determining to terminate Certain Tunable Laser Chips, Assemblies, and Products Containing Same (337-TA-662).
By way of background, the ITC instituted this investigation on December 19, 2008 based on a complaint filed on November 7, 2008 by JDS Uniphase Corporation (“JDSU”).  The complaint alleged violations [...]

On March 9, 2009, the Commission issued a Final Determination finding a violation of 19 U.S.C. § 1337 by the 9 remaining respondents — General Protecht Group, Inc., Shanghai ELE Manufacturing Corporation, Shanghai Meihao Electric, Inc., Wenzhou Trimone Company, Cheetah USA Corp., Nicor, Inc., Orbit Industries, Inc., The Designer’s Edge, and Colacino Electric Supply, Inc. [...]