The Supreme Court partially granted Samsung’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking a review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s May ruling that whittled down the amount of damages the company is required to pay Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit Samsung lost in 2012.
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for March 14 - March 18 in case they were missed.
Backpage.com scored a victory last week when a federal court dismissed the case brought by three women in Massachusetts, saying that the online classified advertiser wasn't responsible for their appearance in prostitution advertisements posted by third parties. It faces a similar challenge in Washington state, and the company's troubles with Congress grew when the Senate unanimously held the company and its CEO in contempt for ignoring subpoenas to appear before an investigations subcommittee (see 1603170042). Some experts said Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is doing what CDA was designed to do: protect website operators from lawsuits arising out of third-party content.
The Supreme Court partially granted Samsung’s petition for a writ of certiorari seeking a review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s May ruling that whittled down the amount of damages the company is required to pay Apple in a patent infringement lawsuit Samsung lost in 2012.
The Energy Department’s proposal to require the filing of additional data elements in ACE for products subject to energy efficiency standards is unnecessarily burdensome, and runs contrary to the federal government’s stated goal of simplifying the import process, said manufacturer and importer associations in comments submitted to the agency (here). The proposed rule results from a misunderstanding of the roles various parties play in the import process, seeking data from importers that is best and most easily – and already – submitted by manufacturers, they said.
The Food and Drug Administration will in the coming days release a new version of its supplemental guide for filing in ACE, said Jessica Aranda, FDA’s ACE outreach lead, during a March 15 webinar. The update will include a number of tweaks, bug fixes and clarifications based on feedback it has received from the trade community. FDA also plans on setting up a 24 help desk for ACE in the “near future,” said Aranda.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 6-13:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for March 7 - March 11 in case they were missed.
Competition between Chinese garlic exporters recently spilled over into Los Angeles federal district court, with both sides alleging manipulation of antidumping duty rates in order to obtain a commercial advantage. Harmoni International and its Chinese subsidiary, Zhengzhou Harmoni, allege a constellation of Chinese companies, many with common ownership, are working a racketeering scheme designed to fraudulently obtain lower AD rates, while artificially inflating Harmoni’s. Those companies contend that it is Harmoni that has been engaging in rate manipulation by colluding with the coalition of domestic garlic distributors that originally requested AD duties on garlic.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Feb. 29 - March 6: