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Apr
By Eric Schweibenz
On April 2, 2014, ALJ Dee Lord issued Order No. 7 in Certain Television Sets, Television Receivers, Television Tuners, and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-910).

By way of background, this investigation is based on a January 28, 2014 complaint filed by Cresta Technology Corp. of Santa Clara, California alleging violation of Section 337 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of certain television sets, television receivers, television tuners, and components thereof that infringe one or more claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,075,585, 7,265,792, and 7,251,466.  See our January 30, 2014 and March 24, 2014 posts for more details on the complaint and Notice of Investigation, respectively.

According to Order No. 7, ALJ Lord set the procedural schedule for this investigation and  determined that the evidentiary hearing will commence on December 1, 2014; the Initial Determination on alleged violation of Section 337 will be issued on February 27, 2015; and the target date for completing the investigation is June 29, 2015 (which is approximately sixteen months after institution of the investigation).