On October 8, 2013, the U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Michael B.G. Froman, issued a
statement confirming that President Barack Obama would not disapprove of the International Trade Commission’s (the “Commission”) final determination to issue an exclusion order and cease and desist order in
Certain Electronic Digital Media Devices and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-796).
By way of background, the Complainant in this investigation is Apple Inc. (“Apple”). On October 24, 2012, ALJ Thomas B. Pender issued an Initial Determination (“ID”) which found that Respondents Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”) violated Section 337 by infringement of certain valid claims of U.S. Patent Nos. D618,678; 7,479,949 (the ‘949 patent); RE 41,922 (the ‘922 patent); and 7,912,501 (the ‘501 patent).
See our
January 22, 2013 post for more details on the public version of the ID. On January 23, 2013, the Commission issued a notice determining to review the ID in its entirety, and also remanded the investigation to ALJ Pender to consider certain issues related to the ‘922 patent and the ‘501 patent.
See our
January 24, 2013 post for more details.
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