ITC to Consider Section 337 Exclusion Order's Coverage of Refurbished Ink Cartridges

The International Trade Commission has begun an advisory opinion proceeding to determine whether Ninestar and Apex Microtech’s ink cartridges are covered by general exclusion orders and cease and desist orders issued by the ITC in 2007 and 2016 (see 07102620 and 1606020017), it said (here). Ninestar and Apex Microtech seek an opinion declaring “that their refurbished Epson ink cartridges remanufactured using empty Epson ink cartridges collected from the United States are outside the scope” of the general exclusion orders and cease and desist orders, the ITC said.