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Aug
By Eric Schweibenz
On August 7, 2009, the Commission issued a notice determining not to review the ALJ’s July 17, 2009 Order No. 25 granting Complainant Tessera, Inc.’s (“Tessera”) motion to terminate the investigation based on withdrawal of the complaint in Certain Semiconductor Chips with Minimized Chip Package Size and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-649).

By way of background, on May 28, 2008, the Commission instituted this investigation based on Tessera’s complaint alleging violation of Section 337.  The following entities were named in the notice of investigation as Respondents: ASE Inc. of Taiwan; ASE Test Limited of Taiwan; ASE (U.S.) Inc. of Santa Clara, California; ChipMOS Technologies Inc. of Taiwan; ChipMOS Technologies (Bermuda) of Taiwan; ChipMOS USA Inc. of San Jose, California; Siliconware Precision Industries Co., Ltd. of Taiwan; Siliconware USA Inc. of San Jose, California; STATS Chippac (BVI) Limited of Tortola, British Virgin Islands; STATS Chippac, Ltd. of Singapore; and STATS Chippac, Inc. of Fremont, California.

According to the August 7 notice, the “Commission has determined not to review the ID” and thus the investigation has been terminated.