The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 28 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of centrifuge utility platform and falling film evaporator systems from six companies that infringe patents held by Apeks, it said in a notice that also ends its Section 337 investigation (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1311).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 27 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order barring robotic floor cleaning devices made by SharkNinja from importation. The investigation began in January 2021 with a complaint by iRobot, which alleged that SharkNinja imported robotic floor cleaners that infringed on five of iRobot's patents in “lower-quality" imitations (see 2103010021).
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on preserved mushrooms from Poland (A-455-806), Spain (A-469-825) and the Netherlands (A-821-815). Changes to cash deposit requirements set in these final determinations take effect March 27, the date they are scheduled for publication in the Federal Register.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 23 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission recently released Revision 2 to the 2023 Harmonized Tariff Schedule, adding four HTS subheadings under chapter 99 to implement Presidential Proclamation 10522 of Feb. 24, "Adjusting Imports of Aluminum Into the United States."
The International Trade Commission issued a notice terminating a Section 337 investigation on robotic pool cleaners. The commission said it will not review a pair of Feb. 21 initial determinations by Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliot, which terminated the Aiper entities respondents based on a consent order and the remaining Wybotics respondents based on partial withdrawal of the complaint. The orders left no remaining respondents and so ended the entire investigation.
The International Trade Commission issued a notice ending a Section 337 investigation into imported flocked swabs. The commission voted to uphold the administrative law judge's October finding of no violation because complainant Copan failed to prove the technical prong of the domestic industry requirement for patent infringement. Copan originally brought the complaint in September 2021, alleging 26 companies in the U.S., China, Hong Kong and South Korea had violated three of its patents by copying its flocked swabs (see 2109010024).
The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 21 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):