Datel didn’t respond to a request for comment on Tuesday after the U.S. International Trade Commission said it will investigate the latest patent infringement claims that Microsoft made against the U.K. accessory maker. Microsoft claimed in a Dec. 23 complaint that Datel violated Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 while importing into the U.S. and selling videogame controllers, components and other related items that infringed on a Microsoft patent. Microsoft requested that the ITC issue an exclusion order, as well as a cease and desist order. The ITC’s chief administrative law judge will assign the case to one of its six ALJs for an evidentiary hearing, it said. The ALJ will make an initial determination on whether there was a violation of Section 337 by Datel, and that determination will be subject to review by the Commission, the ITC said. Microsoft filed a similar patent infringement complaint against Datel with the U.S. ITC in April. Only a few days earlier, U.S. Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte ruled that Datel was free to pursue most of the antitrust claims that it had made against Microsoft in a suit filed by the accessory maker after Microsoft informed Xbox 360 users that third-party memory cards would no longer be usable on the console after a software update.
The Census Bureau has issued a proposed rule to amend the Foreign Trade Regulations (15 CFR Part 30) to modify the post-departure filing program (also referred to as Option 4) by changing the filing time frame to five calendar days (from ten calendar days) and only allowing post-departure reporting for certain listed approved commodities.
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 Administration is revoking the antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin (PTFE resin) from Japan (A-588-707), pursuant to the final results of its five-year sunset review.
During a recent interview with Broker Power, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials stated that CBP is continuing to move forward with its enforcement of 10+2, including Importer Security Filings (ISF).
STANFORD, Calif. -- Google maintains its interest in a balanced copyright policy including infringement defenses notably because of its many acquisitions of startups that need legal room to breathe, said a company leader on the subject. Fred von Lohmann -- who became Google’s senior copyright counsel last year, after having been a high-profile fair-use advocate at the Electronic Frontier Foundation -- told us last week he doesn’t know how long the company will continue its copyright-policy support for innovation, but he hopes it’s for a long time.
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 instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation1 of certain starter motors and alternators pursuant to a complaint.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation1 of certain reduced ignition proclivity cigarette paper wrappers and products containing same pursuant to a complaint.
On October 27, 2010, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a proposed rule to amend 19 CFR 111.24 regarding the disclosure of client (importer) information and records by customs brokers.