The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 29 - Jan. 4:
Looking back on 2014, it was a year for the CE world that began inauspiciously with a Michael Bay meltdown moment at a CES news conference, but ultimately finished strongly with a few genuine industry success stories. In between were technology launches dedicated to revitalizing the audio sector, promises of a next-gen Blu-ray format to debut in time for holiday 2015, but also the demise of at least two iconic CE retailing institutions.
The Court of International Trade shot down an injunction request from Otter Products that would have prevented CBP from stopping imports of some of the company's iPhone cases. The CIT found that Otter's injunction request failed to demonstrate "irreparable harm" that would result without the injunction, it said in the Dec. 23 decision (here). Otter sought the injunction as part of an ongoing battle against an International Trade Commission general exclusion order (GEO) that CBP found to include Otter's "Symmetry" iPhone cases. The court also found that it can't hear Otter's challenge to CBP's decision to exclude future cases because of a lack of detail as to how an import ban would hurt the company.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 22-28:
Rules governing the revolving door between European Commission officials and members of European Parliament (MEP) and the private sector aren't tough enough, some experts said. Current officials pointed toward ongoing efforts to increase transparency, which some said aren't adequate. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) team member Vicky Cann said U.S. rules appear to be "more developed," possibly because of the different political system and the amount of money in play.
A review of the record in Comcast’s proposed buy of Time Warner Cable leads to the conclusion that it will deliver public interest benefits and generate no “cognizable competitive harms,” said Comcast in reply comments filed Tuesday, the last day docket 14-57 would be open for comments. Though Tuesday was the deadline for commenters to file, Comcast filed its own rebuttal. “We can think of no previous merger in which an Applicant has felt compelled to take this kind of action,” said Amanda Keating of Stop Mega Comcast Coalition, a group of opponents to the deal. The group held a press call Tuesday morning to highlight the evidence against the transaction.
Rules governing the revolving door between European Commission officials and members of European Parliament (MEP) and the private sector aren't tough enough, some experts said. Current officials pointed toward ongoing efforts to increase transparency, which some said aren't adequate. Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) team member Vicky Cann said U.S. rules appear to be "more developed," possibly because of the different political system and the amount of money in play.
A review of the record in Comcast’s proposed buy of Time Warner Cable leads to the conclusion that it will deliver public interest benefits and generate no “cognizable competitive harms,” said Comcast in reply comments filed Tuesday, the last day docket 14-57 would be open for comments. Though Tuesday was the deadline for commenters to file, Comcast filed its own rebuttal. “We can think of no previous merger in which an Applicant has felt compelled to take this kind of action,” said Amanda Keating of Stop Mega Comcast Coalition, a group of opponents to the deal. The group held a press call Tuesday morning to highlight the evidence against the transaction.
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 15-21:
The following lawsuits were filed at the Court of International Trade during the week of Dec. 8-14: