The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping duty order.
The International Trade Commission has instituted a section 337 patent-based investigation of certain base stations and wireless microphones pursuant to a complaint.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued an interim rule, which adds a new 19 CFR 12.142 requiring additional data elements, declarations, and recordkeeping requirements for certain imports of softwood lumber and softwood lumber products exported from any country into the U.S.
In ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali Terni S.P.A. et. al. v. U.S. et al., the Court of International Trade denied the U.S.' motion to dismiss two counts of a four-count complaint involving the International Trade Administration's (ITA) Section 129 determination on the 1999 Antidumping Order applicable to ThyssenKrupp's stainless steel sheet and strips (SSSS) from Italy.
Nintendo’s Wii legal troubles mounted Wednesday as Hillcrest Labs became the latest company to sue the console maker on patent-infringement allegations. Hillcrest filed separate complaints with the U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., and a U.S. district court in Maryland. The Rockville, Md., technology company claimed Nintendo violated four pieces of Hillcrest’s intellectual property: U.S. Patent Nos. 7,158,118, 7,262,760, and 7,414,611 relating to a handheld 3D pointing device, and U.S. Patent No. 7,139,983 relating to a navigation interface display system that graphically organizes content for display on a TV. Since 2001, Hillcrest has offered technology that would allow consumers to interact with digital media on TVs using motion-control and pointing techniques, it said, saying it holds 29 patents in this area worldwide and has filed for more than 100 related patents. CE companies, not all publicly disclosed, have licensed Hillcrest’s technology for use in their products. Hillcrest said it “has a great deal of respect for Nintendo and the Wii,” but said it believes “Nintendo is in clear violation of its patents and has taken this action to protect its intellectual property rights.” Comment wasn’t immediately available from Nintendo of America. Nintendo was found to have infringed Anascape patents for vibration technology (CED May 16 p7). Last month, U.S. District Court Judge Ron Clark in Lufkin, Texas, put on hold an injunction covering Wii Classic Controllers, the GameCube controller and the GameCube Wavebird wireless controller in that case after Nintendo promised to appeal to the Federal Circuit (CED July 25 p4).
U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued an interim rule, effective June 13, 2008, which amended Subpart J of 19 CFR Part 10 as well as Parts 24, 162, 163, and 178 for the preferential tariff treatment and other customs-related provisions of the U.S.-Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA).1
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that it has completed the necessary Automated Broker Interface (ABI) system changes for the trade to submit the additional data elements (export price, export charges, and importer declaration indicator) for 'specified' softwood lumber and softwood lumber products as required by the 2008 Farm Bill1.
Glu Mobile is upbeat on next-generation mobile devices, including the iPhone 3G, but CEO Greg Ballard’s company initially has “taken a measured approach” to launching games for Apple’s new device, he said. Glu has released only one game for the iPhone 3G launch as it studies which pricing and types of games fare best on Apple devices, Ballard said in a Tuesday quarterly earnings call.
The International Trade Administration and the International Trade Commission have each issued notices initiating automatic five-year Sunset Reviews on the above-listed antidumping duty orders.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated or decided during the period of July 14-16, 2008: