The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 12 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 31 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by Aug. 9 on a Section 337 complaint recently filed by Infineon Technologies that alleges semiconductor devices from Innoscience are infringing on its patents, the ITC said in a notice Aug. 1. The July 26 complaint said Innoscience is incorporating Infineon’s patented gallium nitride (GaN) technology into its power transistors and circuit products, including GaN-on-Si semiconductor devices, GaN Field Effect Transistors (FETs) and GaN high electron mobility transistors, as well as downstream chips and that incorporate the transistors and circuits. Infineon seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning import and sale of infringing products from Innoscience.
The International Trade Commission is terminating a limited exclusion order it had issued to ban imports of graphics processing chips from Realtek (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1318) that infringed on AMD patents, the ITC said in a notice released Aug. 1. The ITC had already ended the LEO as it had applied to TCL in June after TCL and AMD reached a settlement, and is now ending the LEO for Realtek, the only remaining company covered by the order, after Realtek also reached a settlement with AMD. The ITC had issued the limited exclusion order in January (see 2401300074), based on an investigation that it began in June 2022 (see 2206060003).
Skyworks seeks a general exclusion order banning all imports of wireless front-end modules from Kangxi Communication Technologies that allegedly infringe on its patents, as well as routers that contain them, the International Trade Commission said in a notice July 23. In a Section 337 complaint filed July 17, Skyworks said KCT and its affiliate Grand Chip Labs are making unauthorized and unlicensed copies of its patented wireless front-end modules, including the KCT FEMs under the names KCT8539S and KCT8547HE, which are then being incorporated into downstream routers from D-Link and Ruijie. Skyworks also seeks cease and desist orders against KCT, D-Link and Ruijie. Comments are due July 31.
The International Trade Commission seeks comments by July 22 on a recent Section 337 complaint filed by MimirIP alleging imports of NAND devices from Micron and electronic devices from several of its downstream customers are infringing its patents. In its July 8 complaint, MimirIP said Micron is manufacturing NAND memory devices that copy its patented manufacturing methods and chip structure, which are in turn incorporated into consumer electronics from Acer, HP, Kingston and Lenovo. MimirIP seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning the import and sale of infringing products from all five accused companies.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 15 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The International Trade Commission posted Revision 4 to the 2024 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The semiannual update to the HTS adds new 10-digit tariff numbers for a variety of products, including integrated circuits and plantation-harvested teak.
The International Trade Commission posted Revision 4 to the 2024 Harmonized Tariff Schedule. The semiannual update to the HTS adds new 10-digit tariff numbers for a variety of products, including integrated circuits and plantation-harvested teak. All changes take effect July 1, unless otherwise specified.
A number of prominent trade groups, along with Winnebago, the motor home and powerboat maker with 6,000 employees, questioned the wisdom of a tariff hike from 7.5% to 25% on lithium-ion batteries outside the electric vehicle sector (Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 8507.60.0020).