During the Bureau of Industry and Security’s 2011 Update Conference on July 19-21, 2011, various officials from BIS, the Census Bureau, the State Department, and other agencies gave presentations on numerous topics.
In June 2011, the TSN Trade Leadership Committee voted to approve changes to the TSN’s ACE Priorities document (such as accelerating eBond and ensuring summary edits) and ideas for minimizing programming costs.
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation on certain static random access memories and products containing the same (such a telecommunications and networking equipment incorporating such memories), pursuant to a complaint filed by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation of San Jose, CA, against 15 companies, including Cisco Systems, Inc. of San Jose, CA; Hewlett Packard Company / Tipping Point of Palo Alto, CA; Motorola Solutions, Inc., of Schaumburg, IL; Motorola Mobility, Inc. of Libertyville, IL; Nokia Siemens Networks US, LLC of Irving, TX; and Nokia Siemens Networks BV of the Netherlands. (Inv. No. 337-TA-792).
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation on certain flat panel display devices and products containing same (used in applications such as televisions, computer monitors, laptop computers, mobile phones, and tablet devices), pursuant to a complaint filed by AU Optronics Corporation of Taiwan and AU Optronics Corporation America of Milpitas, CA , against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., of Korea; Samsung Electronics America, Inc., of Ridgefield Park, NJ; AT&T, Inc., of Dallas, TX; Best Buy Co., Inc., of Richfield, MN; and BrandsMart USA, Inc., of Hollywood, FL. (Inv. No. 337-TA-793).
A closely watched FCC filing on reforming the Universal Service Fund to pay for broadband, which is backed by Comcast and others selling landline phone connections, will be ready as soon as next week. Verizon’s top executive in Washington predicted at a Minority Media and Telecom Council conference Thursday that the filing will be made next week and may be joined by the cable operator. Talks among many USF stakeholders led by USTelecom have been ongoing for some time, with the expectation of finishing the work this month or early next. Regardless of how wide support is for the USTelecom plan, the agency needs to soon approve an order on USF, Commissioner Robert McDowell told the conference. The USTelecom-led “framework” reached its conclusion in late June and has won favor with mid-sized telcos Windstream, CenturyLink and Frontier (CD July 6 p6).
The following are highlights of the House Ways and Means Committee's section-by-section summary of the draft U.S.-South Korea (KORUS) Free Trade Agreement Implementing Act, which would establish the necessary conditions for the FTA to enter into force.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain electric fireplaces, components thereof, certain processes for manufacturing or relating to same, and certain products containing same, pursuant to a complaint filed by Twin-Star International Inc. of Del Ray Beach, FL, and TS Investment Holding Corp. of Miami, FL against Shenzhen Reliap Industrial Co. of China; and Yue Qiu Sheng (a.k.a. Jason Yue) of China (Inv. No. 337-TA-791). (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/22/11 news, 11062236, for BP summary of ITC receiving this patent complaint.)
The International Trade Commission has determined to rescind the limited exclusion order against TPV Technology, Ltd.; TPV International (USA), Inc.; Top Victory Electronics (Taiwan) Co., Ltd.; and Envision Peripherals, Inc. (the TPV respondents), and the cease and desist order issued against TPV USA and Envision, in its patent-based investigation of certain digital televisions and certain digital products containing the same and methods of using the same (337-TA-617).
The International Trade Commission has voted to institute a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain universal serial bus (USB) portable storage devices, including USB flash drives and components thereof, pursuant to a complaint filed by Trek 2000 International Ltd., Technology (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., and S-Com System (S) Pte. Ltd. of Singapore against Imation Corporation of Oakdale, MN; IronKey Incorporated of Sunnyvale, CA; Kingston Technology Company, Incorporated, of Fountain Valley, CA; Patriot Memory, LLC, of Freemont, CA; RITEK Corporation of Taiwan; Advanced Media Inc./RITEK USA of Diamond Bar, CA; Verbatim Corporation, Incorporated, of Charlotte, NC; and Verbatim Americas LLC of Charlotte, NC. (Inv. No. 337-TA-788). (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/17/11 news, 11061762, for BP summary of ITC receiving this patent complaint.)