Canada will soon impose a 100% import tariff on all Chinese-made electric vehicles and a 25% tariff on certain Chinese steel and aluminum products, moves that will protect its auto industry from what it said are Beijing’s “unfair, non-market policies and practices.”
Princeton University professor Aaron Friedberg, who serves on the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission, says his recent Foreign Affairs essay on addressing Chinese exporting ambitions is an effort to put forward a vision of what "we want the global economy to actually look like," something he says has been missing in the piecemeal efforts of Section 301 tariffs, EU trade defenses and anti-coercion instruments and other reactions to Chinese nonmarket overcapacity.
The International Trade Commission will consider whether to issue a general exclusion order banning all imports of wireless front-end modules from Kangxi Communication Technologies, as well as routers that contain them, that allegedly infringe on patents held by Skyworks, the ITC said in a notice Aug. 22. In a Section 337 complaint (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1413) filed in July (see 2407230023), 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 Systems and Ruijie Networks. The ITC also will consider cease and desist orders against KCT, D-Link and Ruijie.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations from MimirIP that imports of NAND devices from Micron and electronic devices from several of its downstream customers are infringing on its patents, the ITC said in a notice Aug. 13. In its July complaint (see 2407160011), MimirIP said Micron is manufacturing NAND memory devices that copy its patented manufacturing methods and chip structure, which in turn are incorporated into consumer electronics from Acer, HP, Kingston and Lenovo. The ITC will consider a limited exclusion order and cease and desist order banning the import and sale of infringing products from all five companies.
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.