The International Trade Commission began a Section 337 investigation on imported automated retractable vehicle steps, and will consider a general exclusion order on the products, the ITC said in a Dec. 1 news release.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Dec. 1 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 published notices in the Nov. 30 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 Commerce Department is giving advance notice that in automatic five-year sunset reviews scheduled to begin in January it will consider revoking the antidumping duty orders on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Taiwan, India and Thailand (A-583-008, A-533-502, A-549-502); circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from South Korea, Mexico, Taiwan and Brazil (A-580-809, A-201-805, A-583-814, A-351-809); cold drawn mechanical tubing from Germany, Italy, South Korea and Switzerland (A-428-845, A-475-838, A-580-892, A-441-801); and seamless line and pressure pipe from Germany (A-428-820), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey (A-489-501/C-489-502); and cold drawn mechanical tubing from China and India (A-570-058/C-570-059, A-533-873/C-533-874). These orders will be revoked unless Commerce finds that revocation would lead to dumping and the International Trade Commission finds that revocation would result in injury to U.S. industry, Commerce said.

The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission began five-year sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Belarus, South Korea, Russia, South Africa, Spain, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates and the U.K. (A-822-806, A-580-891, A-821-824, A-791-823, A-469-816, A-823-816, A-520-808, A-412-826) and tool chests and cabinets from Vietnam (A-552-821), as well as the antidumping and countervailing duty orders on biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia (A-357-820/C-357-821, A-560-830/C-560-831), carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Italy and Turkey (A-475-836/C-475-837, A-489-831/C-489-832), softwood lumber from Canada (A-122-857/C-122-858), hardwood plywood from China (A-570-051/C-570-052), multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970/C-570-971) and tool chests and cabinets from China (A-570-056/C-570-057), Commerce said in a notice released Nov. 30.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the Nov. 29 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):

Comments are due to the International Trade Commission by Dec. 8 on a potential Section 337 investigation on imported cabinet X-ray and optical camera systems, according to a notice released Nov. 29 (ITC Docket No. 3656). The notice and request for comment follows a Nov. 23 complaint by KUB Technologies, Inc. (Kubtec), which alleged that four Chinese and one U.S. company imported cabinet X-ray systems that infringed on a Kubtec patent concerning rapid-result x-ray images. Kubtec has asked the ITC for a limited exclusion order prohibiting entry into the U.S. of all cabinet X-ray and optical camera systems imported by the named respondents: CompAI Healthcare (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; CompAI Healthcare (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.; Kangpai Medical Technology (Changchun) Co., Ltd.; Kangpai (Beijing) Medical Equipment Co., Ltd.; and Dilon Technologies, Inc. Kubtec also asked for cease and desist orders.

The International Trade Commission has begun a Section 337 Investigation on imported bio-layer interferometers, it said in a notice released Nov. 28 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1344). The institution follows an Oct. 25 complaint by Sartorius Bioanalytical Instruments, which alleged that Gator Bio has infringed on four of Sartorius's patents regarding phase shift interferometry methods in diagnostic tests used in medical, veterinary, agricultural and research applications. Gator imports biolayer interferometers, biosensors and kits that allegedly infringe on the four patents. Sartorius asked the ITC for a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.

The International Trade Commission has opened a Section 337 investigation on imported video processing devices, according to a notice released Nov. 28 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1343). The investigation follows an Oct. 24 complaint by DivX, which alleged that Amazon and Vizio import streaming media devices such as the Amazon Fire and Vizio's D-, M-, P- and V-series of smart televisions infringe on five of DivX's patents. The patents cover improvements to computer systems for streaming media, compressed video content and adaptive bitrate streaming. DivX has asked the ITC for permanent limited exclusion and cease and desist orders.

The International Trade Commission has begun a formal Section 337 investigation on imported semiconductors with dummy fill, it said in a notice released Nov. 28 (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1342). The initiation follows an Oct. 14 complaint from Bell Semiconductor, which alleged that 15 companies are importing devices containing semiconductors that infringe a Bell patent concerning the capacitive effect of non-signal carrying features within an integrated circuit. Bell asked the ITC for a limited exclusion order against the following respondents: Analog Devices Inc.; Bose Corporation; Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.; Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.; Suteng Innovation Technology Co., Ltd.; Kioxia Corporation; Kioxia America, Inc.; MaxLinear, Inc.; Linksys USA; MACOM Technology Solutions, Inc.; Silicon Laboratories, Inc.; DENSO Corporation; Skyworks Solutions, Inc.; OmniVision Technologies, Inc.; and Arlo Technologies, Inc.