A long-simmering patent dispute between Lexar Media and Toshiba escalated Tues. as the flash memory card maker filed a complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission. Lexar wants an immediate inquiry into Toshiba over import of NAND flash chips and flash cards Lexar alleges violates 3 of its patents. Toshiba didn’t respond by our deadline to a request for comment.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site an "ACE Toolkit," which consists of three documents: (i) Overview of Periodic Monthly Statement; (ii) Entry Summary Accounts Revenue (ESAR) I & II Overview; and (iii) ACE Ambassador Locations. According to CBP, the toolkit provides a general overview of the Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) and various components of key functionality.
Blockbuster declined comment Wed. on a Netflix suit accusing its rival of violating basic patents on the online ordering and delivery of DVDs. A Blockbuster spokesman said his company hasn’t had an opportunity to review the suit, which Netflix filed Tues. in U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco.
Blockbuster declined comment Wed. on a Netflix suit accusing its rival of violating basic patents on the online ordering and delivery of DVDs. A Blockbuster spokesman said his company hasn’t had an opportunity to review the suit, which Netflix filed Tues. in U.S. Dist. Court, San Francisco.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued various notices, each initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) duty orders.
On March 15, 2006, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4944, the "Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2006" (Act) by a vote of 412 - 2.
Internet piracy is up in China, as enforcement gaps that let physical piracy flourish plague the online setting, too, the Senate Finance Committee heard Wed. from a music industry expert. The multiplicity of broadband pipes and mobile applications puts China in the lead as a source of digital piracy problems, RIAA Senior Vp Joseph Papovich told a hearing aimed at reexamining U.S.-China relations.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted a summary of changes to the Automated Export System (AES) Trade Interface Requirements (AESTIR) on its Web site, indicating that Version 1.0 was changed on March 16, 2006 and March 22, 2006 as follows:
Verizon, seeking to snare TV customers, slammed Cablevision at the FCC for refusing a deal to let it carry the pay TV rival’s sports networks. Cablevision abused “monopoly power” in not following program access rules, repeatedly putting off a carriage deal for channels featuring the Boston Celtics and N.Y.’s Knicks and Rangers, said a Verizon FCC complaint. Cablevision shot back that the Bell should focus on carriage negotiations. Verizon faces challenges in getting permission to carry networks owned by other companies, said analysts.