Suspension of liquidation for paper plates from China, Vietnam and Thailand will resume March 19, after the Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on paper plates from China (A-570-164), Thailand (A-549-849) and Vietnam (A-552-839), and countervailing duty orders on paper plates from China (C-570-165) and Vietnam (C-552-840).

A domestic producer recently filed a petition with the Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission requesting new antidumping and countervailing duties on plastic boxes imported from China and Vietnam. Commerce now will decide whether to begin AD/CVD investigations, which could result in the imposition of permanent AD/CVD orders and the assessment of AD and CVD on importers. CoolSeal USA Inc., Inteplast Group Corporation, SeaCa Plastic Packaging, and Technology Container Corporation requested the investigation.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 18 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 March 14 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 has ended a Section 337 investigation on imports of hydrodermabrasion systems (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1416), it said in a notice to be published March 18. Complainant HydraFacial initially alleged in 2024 that Sinclair Pharma’s U.S. and U.K. branches, as well as Huadong Medicine, EMA Aesthetics, Aesthetics Management Partners, Advanced Aesthetics Services and H.R. Meditech, are infringing patents related to HydraFacial’s systems for skin treatment through mechanical or fluid-based abrasion or exfoliation (see 2409100036).

Jane Dempsey, former attorney in the Office of the General Counsel at the International Trade Commission, has joined Polsinelli as counsel in the trade remedies practice, the firm said. At the ITC, Dempsey served as lead counsel in trade remedies litigation before the Court of International Trade and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 14 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 beginning a Section 337 investigation on glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and their components (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1442) after receiving allegations filed by Klein Tools Inc. that Milwaukee Electric Tool Corp. is importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a March 13 press release.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the March 13 Federal Register on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (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 released notices in the Federal Register on its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) from China (A-570-200). The AD investigation covers entries July 1, 2024, through Dec. 31, 2024.