U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
On July 19, 2011, the European Council announced that it had adopted a regulation to consolidate and replace three separate directives regarding the analysis of fiber compositions, use of textile fiber names, and related labeling of fiber composition of textile products. The regulation includes new rules for products containing non-textile parts of animal origin, and explicitly states the responsibility of manufacturers, importers, and distributors for label accuracy, etc.
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation on certain electronic digital media devices and components thereof (including mobile phone handsets and tablet computers, in addition to components such as software, touchpads, and hardware interfaces), pursuant to a complaint filed by Apple, Inc., of Cupertino, CA. against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., of Korea; Samsung Electronics America, Inc., of Ridgefield Park, NJ; and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, of Richardson, TX. (Inv. No. 337-TA-796).
The Department of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General has issued a report1 stating that CBP lacks adequate controls over its single transaction bond (STB) process. OIG states billions of dollars in STBs may be at risk, jeopardizing CBP’s ability to use STBs to meet its revenue collection and enforcement goals. In response, CBP stated it would incorporate requirements for bond automation in ACE Cargo Release, develop a risk-based bonding methodology for high-risk imports, etc.
The International Trade Administration has initiated administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders below, for certain specified companies listed in the initiation notice.
Comcast and the Justice Department may revisit terms of a consent decree clearing the cable operator’s multi-billion-dollar purchase of NBCUniversal (CD Jan 19 p1) after a judge who must approve the settlement expressed concerns, antitrust lawyers predicted. Judge Richard Leon of U.S. District Court in Washington, in a fairness hearing Wednesday afternoon, criticized an arbitration clause in the antitrust pact for online video distributors (OVD), The Wall Street Journal reported. Such rebukes are extremely rare, and all antitrust lawyers we interviewed said they couldn’t recall a single instance where that happened in such a hearing. Comcast and Bloomberg, meanwhile, continued to trade filings at the FCC on the first company’s adherence to one of the agency’s deal conditions.
The Court of International Trade has ruled in Ocean Duke Corporation v. U.S., that the time limit to file suit for relief from enhanced continuous bond requirements that were applied to shrimp imports subject to AD/CV duties began when CBP required Ocean Duke Corporation to post the higher, enhanced bonds, and not when CBP denied Ocean Duke's requests to cancel them.
Comcast and the Justice Department may revisit terms of a consent decree clearing the cable operator’s multi-billion-dollar purchase of NBCUniversal (WID Jan 19 p2) after a judge who must approve the settlement expressed concerns, antitrust lawyers predicted. Judge Richard Leon of U.S. District Court in Washington, in a fairness hearing Wednesday afternoon, criticized an arbitration clause in the antitrust pact for online video distributors (OVD), The Wall Street Journal reported. Such rebukes are extremely rare, and all antitrust lawyers we interviewed said they couldn’t recall a single instance where that happened in such a hearing. Comcast and Bloomberg, meanwhile, continued to trade filings at the FCC on the first company’s adherence to one of the agency’s deal conditions.
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation on certain video analytics software, systems, components thereof, and products containing same (used to detect, track and analyze images on a video stream), pursuant to a complaint filed by ObjectVideo, Inc., of Reston, VA against Robert Bosch GmbH of Germany; Bosch Security Systems, Inc., of Fairpoint, NY; Samsung Techwin Co., Ltd., of Korea; Samsung Opto-Electronics America, Inc. (d/b/a Samsung Techwin America, Inc.) of Ridgefield Park, NJ; Sony Corporation of Japan; and Sony Electronics, Inc., of San Diego, CA (Inv. No. 337-TA-795).
ITC Votes to Institute Patent Case on Smartphones, Tablets, Music & Data Devices, Etc. Against Apple
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation on certain electronic devices, including wireless communication devices (such as smartphones), portable music and data processing devices, and tablet computers, pursuant to a complaint filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., of Korea, and Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, of Richardson, TX, against Apple, Inc., of Cupertino, CA. (Inv. No. 337-TA-794).