The U.S. International Trade Commission rejected a request to sta...
The U.S. International Trade Commission rejected a request to stay its order barring Vizio, Amtran and TPV Technology from importing TVs that infringe a Funai patent. The companies filed a request June 2 asking the ITC to stay its…
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April 10 decision, pending an appeal filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The ITC in April ruled that Vizio’s TVs, which are assembled by Amtran and TPV, violated a Funai patent on channel mapping technology. The companies asked that Vizio be allowed to continue selling TVs pending the appeal. The appeals court last month granted Vizio’s emergency motion while it considers arguments on the ITC decision. It wasn’t clear Tuesday what impact the ITC ruling might have on the appeals court case. Vizio and TPV officials weren’t available for comment. Karl Kramer, attorney for Funai, declined to comment. Funai filed a complaint with the ITC in October 2007, just months after acquiring DTV-related patents from Thomson. The channel mapping patent, issued in 2000, describes a technology allowing a DTV tuner to speed switching of channels by referring to data stored in a table.