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ITC Begins Section 337 Investigation on Imported Lidar Systems

The International Trade Commission began a formal Section 337 investigation on imported light detection and ranging (lidar) systems (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1363), it said in a Federal Register notice. The investigation follows an April 11 complaint by Ouster, a California-based…

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producer of lidar hardware and software (see 2304140007), alleging that Chinese company Hesai Technology and its U.S.-based affiliate have taken its "revolutionary patented technologies" and incorporated them into competing products that infringe on five of its patents. Ouster seeks a permanent limited exclusion order barring the respondents’ infringing lidar systems from entry, as well as a cease and desist order.