The International Trade Commission is issuing a limited exclusion order banning imports of icemaking machines and their components (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1369) from U.S. company Blue Air FSE, and Bluenix of South Korea, it said in a notice to be published Feb. 20. Additionally, the ITC issued cease and desist orders against the companies and a bond of 49% of the entered value for covered articles imported or sold during the period of presidential review. The order concludes a Section 337 investigation the ITC launched in August 2023, based on allegations by Hoshizaki America that the respondents are importing icemaking machines and their components that copy and infringe its patented designs.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on polyvinylidene fluoride resins (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1439), after receiving allegations filed by Syensqo and Solvay Specialty Polymers that five Chinese companies are importing products that infringe its patents, the agency said in a press release Feb. 14.
The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws asked leaders at DHS, the Commerce Department, the International Trade Commission and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to protect recent hires who have been targeted for dismissal by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
The Committee to Support U.S. Trade Laws asked leaders at DHS, the Commerce Department, the International Trade Commission and the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to protect recent hires who have been targeted for dismissal by the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 18 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 seeking public input on remedies for its Section 337 investigation of Viking Therapeutics' drug VK2809, after determining to review the administrative law judge's final initial determination finding a violation of Section 337, the ITC said in a notice to be published Feb. 19. The ITC initially began the investigation in February 2023 based on allegations that five companies misappropriated Viking’s trade secrets related to the development of the drug (see 2302080004). The ALJ's initial determination granted the complainant's motion regarding the misappropriation of the asserted trade secrets and recommended a limited exclusion order should the ITC find a violation. The ITC is requesting written submissions by “close of business” on Feb. 28.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in its countervailing duty investigation on melamine from India (C-533-925). Suspension of liquidation is currently not in effect for entries on or after Nov. 19, 2024, and Commerce will require cash deposits of estimated CV duties on future entries only if it issues a CVD order.
The Commerce Department has released its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on melamine from India (A-533-924). Cash deposit rates set in this final determination took effect Feb. 12.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Feb. 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 seeks comments by Feb. 26 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and their components infringe patents held by Klein Tools Inc., it said in a notice to be published Feb. 18. According to the complaint, the complainant is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation to bar from entry "certain glow fish tape systems, safety helmet systems, and components thereof" that violate the complainant's patents. The complaint describes fish tape as "a spool of tape that can be used to guide wires through enclosed spaces such as walls or conduits," and the helmets as "safety helmets (a category that includes hard hats) with an outer shell including a brim and front and rear receptacles, and accessories, such as headlamps, safety lamps, cooling fans, sun visors, face shields, eye visors, and batteries that are designed to releasably mount onto at least a portion of each of the front and rear receptacles."