The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain products containing interactive program guide and parental controls technology pursuant to a complaint.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain data storage products and components thereof pursuant to a complaint.
The International Trade Data System has posted a report1 discussing how global e-commerce data could be integrated into the decision-support process for government admission of products at international borders. The report also states that pilots using such data for high-risk shipments began in the second half of 2010.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted a questions and answers document from its October 27, 2010 webinar providing an update on the Automated Commercial Environment.
The International Trade Administration is revoking the antidumping duty order on certain non-frozen apple juice concentrate from China (A-570-855), pursuant to the final results of its five-year sunset review.
The Court of International Trade has dismissed All Tools’ complaints in All Tools, Inc. v. U.S., in which All Tools argued the deadline for filing its lawsuit seeking an order to reclassify certain paint brushes was “equitably tolled” because U.S. Customs and Border Protection had not issued a protest number in a timely manner.
On November 9, 2010, the Departmental Advisory Committee on Commercial Operations of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Related Homeland Security Functions (COAC) met in Washington, DC to discuss a variety of trade issues.
The International Trade Administration has posted a Commerce Department announcement that it will continue to issue liquidation instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 15 days after the date of publication of the final results of antidumping and countervailing duty administrative reviews.
In U.S. v. Callanish Ltd., the Court of International Trade ruled that an amended complaint1 filed by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in May 2010, to recover a civil penalty of $17,734,926 under 19 USC 1592 (fraud), had not provided sufficient information to establish that this was the correct penalty amount.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain wireless devices, portable music and data processing devices, computers and components thereof, pursuant to a complaint.