Ill. should pay $644,545 in legal fees the Entertainment Software Assn. (ESA) ran up fighting the state’s “unsuccessful effort” to bar rental or sale of violent videogames to minors there, ESA said in a filing to U.S. Dist. Court, Chicago. ESA Pres. Douglas Lowenstein indicated ESA would use the tactic again, telling Consumer Electronics Daily “we've taken similar actions in the past and we will continue to take these actions at the appropriate time everywhere.” ESA has been awarded fees in similar St. Louis County and Wash. state cases, he said.
A S. Korean free trade pact should involve copyright law reforms reflecting an emerging global consensus, intellectual property (IP) rights advocates told govt. trade officials Tues.
A recent Journal of Commerce editorial regarding the delay in the issuance of the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS') seal regulation notes that while non-electronic seals might suffice for low-volume ports, it is not realistic for a large port. One of the sources quoted in the editorial notes that this is why the trade is working hard to create an e-seal standard. (JoC, dated 02/20/06, www.joc.com.)
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has begun proceedings to revoke the ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses of 8 entities as a result of their failure to replace their OTI surety bonds with a valid bond issued by a surety company currently certified by the Treasury Department (Treasury).
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 9, 2006 as follows:
In U.S. v. Ford Motor Company (Ford), the Court of International Trade (CIT) granted Ford's motion to dismiss certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) claims for a repayment of duties in the amount of $5,275,329 under 19 USC 1592(d), as the statute of limitations had expired.
Retailers attending last week’s closed-door Destination PlayStation event in Miami’s South Beach indicated they are “starting to be much more optimistic than in the past” few months, Take-Two Interactive CEO Paul Eibeler told analysts in a conference call late Tues.
In June 2005, the Court of International Trade ruled in International Custom Products (ICP), Inc. v. U.S., that a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Notice of Action (Rate Advance) reclassifying certain "white sauce" is null and void as CBP failed to observe 19 USC 1625(c) which requires, among other things, advance notice and comment when such an action would revoke or modify a binding ruling.
(This summary first appeared in ITT on March 2, 2006 06030215. It is amended and reissued in order to reflect the March 1, 2006 version of the 2006 HTS. Also, sections on changed circumstances reviews and email notification are added. The BP Note is also revised to cover the expanded list of allowed non-originating textiles.)
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.