The FCC violated the First and Fifth amendments to the U.S. Constitution when it approved its 2010 Open Internet Order, and exceeded its authority by applying common carrier regulations on broadband Internet providers, several free market think tanks, states, and the nation’s largest industrial trade association argued in briefs filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit Monday in case 11-1355. The net neutrality rules were approved with a three-vote majority in late 2010, and Verizon quickly appealed (WID Jan 21/11 p1).
The U.S. Trade Representative should "vigorously defend" the Department of Commerce findings in its countervailing duties proceeding involving citrus and coated paper from China, said a joint filing by Appleton Coated, NewPage, S.D. Warren d/b/a Sappi Fine Paper North America, and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union. The USTR was seeking comments on the World Trade Organization dispute settlement proceeding (see ITT's Online Archives 12062122.)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
Europe's GDP will be 250 billion euros ($305 billion) better off if the EU signs trade pacts with its key trading partners, the European Commission said July 20. By 2015, 90 percent of economic growth will be generated outside Europe, one third in China alone, it said. Tapping into the markets of important trade partners will be increasingly significant for European growth, it said. More than two-thirds of those gains would come from agreements with the U.S. and Japan, it said. The EC has requested authority to negotiate a trade agreement with Japan, and in June, an interim report of the EU-U.S. High Level Working group on growth and jobs stressed the benefits of a comprehensive trade agreement with the U.S., it said. A recommendation should follow later this year on prospects for such talks, it said.
The U.S. Court of International Trade granted a Justice Department motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction in the case of Chrysal USA vs. the U.S. Chrysal had sought to challenge the tariff classification of "flower food" which was among the various products included in 17 entries of merchandise that Chrysal imported into the U.S. in 2008.
Members of the House IP Subcommittee offered suggestions Wednesday during a hearing to curb the rising number of patent disputes at the U.S. International Trade Commission. The ITC is an independent, quasi-judicial government agency tasked with assessing the impact of imports on U.S. industries and overseeing actions against unfair trade practices. Subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said the average number of ITC complaints filed annually during the past decade is nearly triple the average for the previous decade, and “bogus lawsuits” continue to proliferate despite the passage of patent reform via the America Invents Act. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., described the increasing number of patent disputes at the ITC as a “shakedown situation."
Members of the House IP Subcommittee offered suggestions Wednesday during a hearing to curb the rising number of patent disputes at the U.S. International Trade Commission. Subcommittee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said the average number of ITC complaints filed annually during the past decade is nearly triple the average for the previous decade, and “bogus lawsuits” continue to proliferate despite the passage of patent reform via the America Invents Act. Rep. Zoe Lofgren, D-Calif., described the increasing number of patent disputes at the ITC as a “shakedown situation."
Members of the House IP Subcommittee offered suggestions Wednesday during a hearing to curb the rising number of patent disputes at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC). The independent, quasi-judicial government agency is tasked with assessing the impact of imports on U.S. industries and oversee actions against unfair trade practices.
ObjectVideo said it would file an unopposed motion to remove Samsung from an ongoing U.S. International Trade Commission investigation pertaining to video analytic technology products from Robert Bosch GmbH and Bosch Security Systems. "Both parties agreed this was the appropriate next step as part of our continued efforts to resolve the dispute between the companies," said Raul Fernandez, CEO of ObjectVideo. The trial involving other parties in the case was to begin on schedule July 18 at the USITC. The patents in the suit include U.S. patent numbers 6,696,945; 6,970,083; 7,613,324; 7,868,912; and 7,932,923.
CBP's ACE team is continuing to work with the International Trade Data System (ITDS) and Office of Field Operations (OFO) to determine which forms will be added for use within the Document Image System (DIS), which is now in the first phase of a pilot. CBP released a series of questions and answers on the program. Phase 1 of DIS include documents for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) and National Marine Fisheries Service/ National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NMFS/NOAA). CBP hasn't said when the next phase will start.