International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for March 23-27 in case they were missed.
USTelecom last week became the first of the major trade associations to challenge the FCC’s net neutrality rules (see 1503230066), but challenges by CTIA and NCTA also are expected, industry officials said. USTelecom is expected to file an additional appeal after the order is published in the Federal Register, which is when the other major trade groups also are expected to file. Net neutrality opponents say there are good reasons the 2015 order, which reclassifies broadband as a common carrier service, will be more broadly challenged than the 2010 order.
USTelecom last week became the first of the major trade associations to challenge the FCC’s net neutrality rules (see 1503230066), but challenges by CTIA and NCTA also are expected, industry officials said. USTelecom is expected to file an additional appeal after the order is published in the Federal Register, which is when the other major trade groups also are expected to file. Net neutrality opponents say there are good reasons the 2015 order, which reclassifies broadband as a common carrier service, will be more broadly challenged than the 2010 order.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 16-22:
CBP correctly liquidated an entry within the required six-month timeframe that starts on the day after the "triggering event," CBP said in a further review of protest on Sept. 12 (here). The protest, filed by Coaster Corporation of America, was in response to CBP's liquidation of an entry of wooden bedroom furniture from China that the company said was too late. The newly released ruling, HQ H173819, is one of several recent rulings on CBP's interpretation of "deemed liquidation." One such ruling is the subject of a court challenge (see 1410200053).
OtterBox filed a complaint on March 11 requesting the International Trade Commission begin a Section 337 investigation into patent infringement by electronic device protective cases imported by Speculative Design and Tech 21. Otterbox says the Speck CandyShell and Mightyshell lines, as well as the Tech21 Evo Mesh and Classic Check, copy its patented designs. Otterbox is requesting a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning importation and sale of infringing products by Speck and Tech21. The ITC is asking for comments by March 25 (here) on public interest issues raised by the complaint.
The International Trade Commission voted on March 13 to begin a Section 337 investigation into patent infringement by Dell electronics that have near field communication functions or battery power-up functions (here). NXP filed the underlying complaint on Feb. 10 (see 1502130026), alleging Dell’s XPS 15, XPS 12 and Jabra Revo Wireless Headset copy its near field communication technology that allows data exchange using radio technology over short distances, without special registration passkeys required by Bluetooth devices. NXP is asking for a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning importation and sale of infringing devices by the following respondent:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of March 9-15:
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for March 9-13 in case they were missed.
Dozens of U.S. law professors and other legal scholars shot down U.S. Trade Representative proposals for free trade agreement investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) mechanisms, in a recent letter to congressional leadership (here). USTR is aiming to include the dispute mechanism in both the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. The agency has repeatedly defended the mechanism as a way to simply challenge discriminatory treatment against corporations, but lawmakers and other trade critics say investor-state will weaken country-specific regulations (see 1412180016). The European public in particular remains wary of the mechanism in TTIP (see 1501140016).