The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a decision by the Court of International Trade that had ruled an importer's antidumping duty entries were improperly “deemed liquidated’ by U.S. Customs and Border Protection while liquidation was suspended. According to the CAFC, all liquidations, whether legal or not, must be timely protested before litigation can occur.
TiVo fired back at Motorola Mobility, claiming the set-top box supplier along with its customer Time Warner Cable infringed three patents, including the so-called time-warp patent that’s been at the heart of recent multimillion-dollar settlements. Google has agreed to buy Motorola. TiVo on Monday filed counterclaims in U.S. District Court, Tyler, Texas, in response to a patent infringement suit Motorola filed against it in February 2011. TiVo also asked to have Motorola’s three DVR-related patents found invalid. Motorola sued TiVo alleging it infringed three patents, including those covering a DVR with archival storage and a method for implementing playback features for compressed video that were originally issued in 2001 and 1999 to Imedia Corp.
TiVo fired back at Motorola Mobility, claiming the set-top box supplier along with its customer Time Warner Cable infringed three patents, including the so-called time-warp patent that’s been at the heart of recent multimillion-dollar settlements. Google has agreed to buy Motorola.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted an updated version of its spreadsheet of ACE ESAR A2.2 (Initial Entry Types) programming issues.
This is a reminder that, for antidumping and countervailing duty investigations initiated on the basis of petitions filed on or after November 2, 2011, the posting of bonds in lieu of cash deposits will no longer be allowed from the date of the preliminary determination until the effective date of the order (i.e., the provisional measures period). The first set of investigations affected by this change has preliminary determination dates scheduled for late May and early June 2012.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has listed the trade benefits for participants in the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) by industry segment. Specific benefits are listed for Customs brokers, importers, self-filers, sureties, carriers, trade account owners (TAOs), as well as all users with portal accounts, for (1) ACE Secure Data Portal, (2) Periodic Monthly Statement, (3) ACE Reports, (4) Entry Summary Filing, (5) Post Summary Corrections, (6) e-Manifest: Truck and (7) e-Manifest: Rail and Sea.
Republicans in the House and FCC took aim at Chairman Julius Genachowski for his proposal to require broadcasters to post political files online. At a budget hearing Monday of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services, the plan was criticized by Chairman Jo Ann Emerson, R-Mo., and FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell. Genachowski defended the FCC’s authority to make the change and highlighted the commission’s progress freeing up spectrum and deploying broadband.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued its ranking of priority ACE projects, including those that are in the works and planned. According to CBP, the development of DIS, PGA Message Set, PGA Interoperability, and some Export work is fully funded and Cargo Release/Simplified Entry is partially funded. After that, unless future funding is available for the continuous development of new capacities, ACE development work will cease.
The Court of International Trade dismissed a claim by NSK Corporation, the U.S. affiliate of a global ball bearings manufacturer based in Japan, challenged the constitutionality of the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act of 2000 (CDSOA or Byrd Amendment). NSK Corp. claimed that it was unlawfully denied affected domestic producer (ADP) status, which would have qualified it to receive distributions for fiscal years 2005-2007. .
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an interim rule, effective March 15, 2012, that amends CBP regulations to implement the customs-related provisions of the U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KFTA). Comments must be received by May 18, 2012.