The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has issued a notice and the International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a fact sheet announcing that CITA has extended until July 31, 2005 the period for making a determination on whether to request consultations with China, and at the same time impose a safeguard quota, on China cat 447 (men's and boys' wool trousers, breeches, and shorts).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has posted to its Web site a new "Trade Engagement Biweekly Reports" which summarize topics discussed during workshops held to develop the business requirements for Automated Commercial Environment (ACE) Release 5.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued a fact sheet announcing that the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) has extended until July 31, 2005 the period for making a determination on whether to request consultations with China, and at the same time impose a safeguard quota, on China cat 620 (other synthetic filament fabric)1.
In the July 6, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin, CBP issued a notice containing guidelines with the following title, which are effective July 6, 2005:
In the July 6, 2005 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin, CBP issued a notice containing guidelines with the following title, which are effective July 6, 2005:
Mad Catz Interactive revealed in a slightly delayed 10-K SEC filing after our Tues. deadline that Freedom Wave sued it in U.S. Dist. Court, Cal., alleging that certain Mad Catz products infringed on Freedom patents 6,878,066 and 6,280,327. Mad Catz denied the allegation. It said the case was “still in the early stages and no discovery has been requested by either party.” No trial date is set, it said. Mad Catz said “we intend to vigorously defend the allegations of the complaint” but “there can be no guarantee that we will ultimately prevail or that damages will not be assessed” against it. The accessory maker warned that “an adverse determination by the court or jury could seriously impact our revenues and our ability to continue to distribute the GameShark products.” The company also said a trial date was set for Aug. 31 in its court battle with rival Electro Source (Pelican). The company sued Mad Catz and Fire International in early 2003 in L.A. Superior Court. In an amended complaint filed in Nov. 2003, Electro Source accused Mad Catz of misappropriation of trade secrets and other acts relating to Fire’s deal to supply Mad Catz with products to be marketed under the GameShark brand and the termination of Fire’s alleged prior business relationship with Electro Source. The latter requested a temporary restraining order to stop Mad Catz from marketing or distributing GameShark products. Mad Catz said that motion was denied and it filed a cross complaint against Electro Source in Feb. 2005, accusing the latter of false advertising, state and federal unfair competition, libel per se and trade libel, over ads and Internet statements. Mad Catz said in the same filing that its 3 top retail customers in fiscal 2005 -- Wal-Mart, EB Games and GameStop - accounted for about 47% of its fiscal 2005 gross sales.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) and the International Trade Commission (ITC) have issued notices, each initiating automatic five-year sunset reviews on the above-listed antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty orders.
The Washington File reports that the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations has agreed to convene a meeting of experts in autumn to develop a plan for improving national anti-piracy and anti-counterfeiting capabilities, noting that the theft of intellectual property rights (IPR) can be linked to organized crime. The leaders of the G8 (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, U.S., and Russia) met on July 6-8, 2005 in Scotland. (Washington File Pub 07/08/05, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=July&x=20050708152328AKllennoCcM0.9995691&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html)
The RIAA decided not to ask the Supreme Court to hear a case involving Charter Communications. The U.S. Appeals Court, St. Louis, ruled in Jan. that RIAA couldn’t force Internet providers to divulge customer identities under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). A spokeswoman for RIAA said the trade group now has no plans for litigation in the matter. The appeals court said Charter was a conduit for file transfers, such as music files, over the Internet and didn’t violate DMCA rules. “Charter’s victory is now complete and permanent,” a company spokesman said. He noted that the appeals court’s ruling said the RIAA couldn’t use the DMCA’s streamlined subpoena procedures and instead had to file a federal lawsuit and follow regular court rules. - JM.HEADLINE
A Cal. Superior Court judge rejected Lexar’s request for an injunction barring shipment of Toshiba-made flash memory products, saying the company was “adequately compensated” by a jury’s award of $465 million in damages this year.