U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a draft agenda for its 2008 Trade Symposium, which will be held on October 29-31, 2008 at the JW Marriott in Washington, DC. CBP notes that its draft agenda is subject to change. (See ITT's Online Archives or 09/05/08 news, 08090510, for BP summary announcing that registration for the Trade Symposium had closed.) (Agenda, posted 10/02/08, available at http://www.cbp.gov/linkhandler/cgov/trade/trade_outreach/symposium08/agenda.ctt/agenda.doc)
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping duty order.
The Chinese Government's Official Web Portal reports that China's State Council, the country's Cabinet, recently issued an implementation regulation for the Labor Contract Law in an effort to clarify confusion surrounding the law. (Chinese Government press release, dated 09/18/08, available at http://english.gov.cn/2008-09/18/content_1099209.htm)
Nearly a year after its major victory in the nation’s first P2P infringement trial, the RIAA is back to square one. U.S. District Judge Michael Davis in Duluth, Minn., ordered a retrial in Capitol v. Thomas over his jury instruction that the availability of files in a shared folder constitutes infringement. Davis questioned that holding months later, citing precedent in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (WID May 19 p4). In language unusually political for a judge, Davis asked Congress to rewrite damage provisions in copyright law to take into account infringement without profit motive. The jury’s $222,000 damage award to the RIAA was “unprecedented and oppressive,” he said.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain video game machines and related three-dimensional pointing devices (for "Wii" video game systems) pursuant to a complaint
The National EBS Association and the Catholic Television Network tried but failed to agree on how best to use white spaces between the 2.5 GHz licenses their members hold, officials involved in the discussions told us Tuesday. NEBSA and CTN, more often on the same page in recent years, ended up making different proposals to the FCC. Industry officials said lack of agreement between the two groups likely means the FCC won’t act on the item in the near future.
Circuit City CEO Philip Schoonover’s departure may signal plans for store closings as the retailer struggles to right itself, analysts and CE executives told Consumer Electronics Daily Tuesday.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated, decided, or posted during the period of September 16-18, 2008:
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of automotive multimedia display and navigation systems, components thereof, and products containing same pursuant to a complaint.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain integrated circuits and products containing the same, pursuant to a complaint.