ITC Votes to Institute Patent Case on Backlight Module Devices Against LG
The International Trade Commission voted on September 9, 2011 to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain devices of improving uniformity used in a backlight module and components thereof and products containing same (337-TA-805). The products at issue are several families of LCD displays. The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan and ITRI International Inc., of San Jose, CA. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of these products and requests that the ITC issue an exclusion order.
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The ITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
- LG Corporation of South Korea;
- LG Electronics Inc. of South Korea; and
- LG Electronics, U.S.A., of Englewood Cliffs, NJ
The ITC subsequently published notice of the institution of this investigation (FR 09/14/11) here.