Certain Cartridges for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and Components Thereof; Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination To Amend the Complaint and Notice of Investigation To Correct the Name of a Corporate Respondent, 28071-28072 [2019-12758]
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U.S.C. 1673b). The investigations were
requested in petitions filed on
September 20, 2018, by American Keg
Company, LLC, Pottstown,
Pennsylvania.
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the conduct of this phase of the
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Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B
(19 CFR part 201), and part 207,
subparts A and C (19 CFR part 207).
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Staff report.—The prehearing staff
report in the final phase of these
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and a public version will be issued
thereafter, pursuant to section 207.22 of
the Commission’s rules.
Hearing.—The Commission will hold
a hearing in connection with the final
phase of these investigations beginning
at 9:30 a.m. on August 14, 2019, at the
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hearing and make oral presentations
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2019, at the U.S. International Trade
Commission Building, if deemed
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201.6(b)(2), 201.13(f), and 207.24 of the
Commission’s rules. Parties must submit
any request to present a portion of their
hearing testimony in camera no later
than 7 business days prior to the date of
the hearing.
Written submissions.—Each party
who is an interested party shall submit
a prehearing brief to the Commission.
Prehearing briefs must conform with the
provisions of section 207.23 of the
Commission’s rules; the deadline for
filing is August 8, 2019. Parties may also
file written testimony in connection
with their presentation at the hearing, as
provided in section 207.24 of the
Commission’s rules, and posthearing
briefs, which must conform with the
provisions of section 207.25 of the
Commission’s rules. The deadline for
filing posthearing briefs is August 21,
2019. In addition, any person who has
not entered an appearance as a party to
the investigations may submit a written
statement of information pertinent to
the subject of the investigations,
including statements of support or
opposition to the petition, on or before
August 21, 2019. On September 10,
2019, the Commission will make
available to parties all information on
which they have not had an opportunity
to comment. Parties may submit final
comments on this information on or
before September 12, 2019, but such
final comments must not contain new
factual information and must otherwise
comply with section 207.30 of the
Commission’s rules. All written
submissions must conform with the
provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s rules; any submissions
that contain BPI must also conform with
the requirements of sections 201.6,
207.3, and 207.7 of the Commission’s
rules. The Commission’s Handbook on
E-Filing, available on the Commission’s
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elaborates upon the Commission’s rules
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Additional written submissions to the
Commission, including requests
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pursuant to section 201.12 of the
Commission’s rules, shall not be
accepted unless good cause is shown for
accepting such submissions, or unless
the submission is pursuant to a specific
request by a Commissioner or
Commission staff.
In accordance with sections 201.16(c)
and 207.3 of the Commission’s rules,
each document filed by a party to the
investigations must be served on all
other parties to the investigations (as
identified by either the public or BPI
service list), and a certificate of service
must be timely filed. The Secretary will
not accept a document for filing without
a certificate of service.
Authority: These investigations are
being conducted under authority of title
VII of the Tariff Act of 1930; this notice
is published pursuant to section 207.21
of the Commission’s rules.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 11, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337–TA–1141]
Certain Cartridges for Electronic
Nicotine Delivery Systems and
Components Thereof; Commission
Determination Not To Review an Initial
Determination To Amend the
Complaint and Notice of Investigation
To Correct the Name of a Corporate
Respondent
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) has
determined not to review an initial
determination (‘‘ID’’) (Order No. 29) to
amend the complaint and notice of
investigation to correct the name of a
corporate respondent.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl
P. Bretscher, Office of the General
Counsel, U.S. International Trade
Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202)
205–2382. Copies of non-confidential
documents filed in connection with this
investigation are or will be available for
inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the
Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436,
SUMMARY:
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telephone (202) 205–2000. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
internet server (https://www.usitc.gov).
The public record for this investigation
may be viewed on the Commission’s
Electronic Docket Information System
(‘‘EDIS’’) (https://edis.usitc.gov).
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal, telephone
(202) 205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 27, 2018, the Commission
instituted the present investigation
based on a complaint filed by Juul Labs,
Inc. (‘‘Juul’’) of San Francisco,
California. 83 FR 66756 (Dec. 27, 2018).
The complaint alleges a violation of 19
U.S.C. 1337, as amended (‘‘Section
337’’), in the importation, sale for
importation, and sale in the United
States after importation of certain
cartridges used in electronic nicotine
delivery systems and components
thereof that allegedly infringe one or
more of the asserted claims of U.S.
Patent Nos. 10,058,129; 10,104,915;
10,111,470; 10,117,465; and 10,117,466.
Id. The notice of investigation named
twenty-three (23) respondents,
including Ziip Lab Co., Ltd. (‘‘Ziip’’) of
Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province,
China. The Office of Unfair Import
Investigations was also named as a
party. Id.
A number of respondents have
already been terminated from this
investigation pursuant to consent orders
or settlement. See Order No. 26 (not
rev’d, Comm’n Notice (May 31, 2019));
Order No. 25 (not rev’d, Comm’n Notice
(May 15, 2019)); Order Nos. 19–21 (not
rev’d, Comm’n Notice (May 7, 2019));
Order Nos. 15, 16 (not rev’d, Comm’n
Notice (Mar. 26, 2019)); Order Nos. 13,
14 (not rev’d, Comm’n Notice (Mar. 26,
2019)).
On May 9, 2019, Juul and Ziip filed
a joint motion to amend the complaint
and notice of investigation to correct the
name of Ziip Lab Co., Ltd., which is an
alias, to SS Group Holdings, which is
the respondent’s correct legal name.
None of the parties opposed the joint
motion.
On May 15, 2019, the presiding
administrative law judge issued the
subject ID (Order No. 29) granting the
joint motion to amend the complaint
and notice of investigation to reflect the
correct legal name of SS Group
Holdings.
No party filed a petition to review the
subject ID. The Commission has
determined not to review the subject ID.
The authority for the Commission’s
determination is contained in Section
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337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part
210 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR part
210).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 12, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—The Open Group, L.L.C.
Notice is hereby given that, on May
24, 2019, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
National Cooperative Research and
Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301
et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), The Open Group,
L.L.C. (‘‘TOG’’) has filed written
notifications simultaneously with the
Attorney General and the Federal Trade
Commission disclosing changes in its
membership. The notifications were
filed for the purpose of extending the
Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of
antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages
under specified circumstances.
Specifically, Aljouf University, Sakaka,
SAUDI ARABIA; Altus Well Experts
Inc., Katy, TX; Anadarko Petroleum
Corporation, The Woodlands, TX; AreaI Inc., Kennesaw, GA; Ascendant
Engineering Solutions, Austin, TX; Asia
eHealth Information Network, Kowloon,
HONG KONG-PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA; Beyond Limits, Inc., Glendale,
CA; CGG Services (S) Inc., Houston, TX;
CODESYS Holding GmbH, Kempton,
GERMANY; Cognite AS, Lyssaker,
NORWAY; DAWAN, Nantes, FRANCE;
Debswana Diamond Company (Pty) Ltd.,
Gaborone, BOTSWANA; FiberQA LLC,
Old Lyme, CT; Google LLC, Mountain
View, CA; Halliburton Corporation,
Houston, TX; Hess Corporation,
Houston, TX; Hitachi Vantara, Santa
Clara, CA; IHS Global Inc., Houston, TX;
ING Group NV, Amsterdam, THE
NETHERLANDS; InovaPrime, Servic
¸os
em Tecnologias de Informac¸a˜o, Lda.,
Lisbon, PORTUGAL; InProgress sp.
z.o.o., Krakow, POLAND; Integrated
Solutions for Systems, Auburn, AL;
KADME AS, Stavanger, NORWAY;
Katalyst Data Management LLC,
Houston, TX; LCR Embedded Systems,
Jeffersonville, PA; LeanIX GmbH, Bonn,
GERMANY; Marathon Oil Corporation,
Houston, TX; Pandioni Energy AS, Oslo,
NORWAY; Real Time Automation Inc.,
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Pewaukee, WI; Richfit Information
Technology Co. Ltd., Beijing, PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA; Samson
Aktieneegesellschaft, Frankfurt,
GERMANY; Schlumberger Oilfield UK
Plc, Gatwick, UNITED KINGDOM; SRC,
Inc., N Syracuse, NY; Star Lab Corp.,
Huntsville, AL; Target Energy Solutions,
Ltd., Woking, UNITED KINGDOM;
TechnipFMC plc, Houston, TX;
TOGETHER Business & Consulting
S.r.l., Pilar, ARGENTINA; Troika
International Ltd., Turnbridge, UNITED
KINGDOM; WellLogData, Houston, TX;
and Ximiq AG, Solothurn,
SWITZERLAND, have been added as
parties to this venture.
Also, Action Research Foundation,
Bangalore, INDIA; Avancier Limited,
New Malden, UNITED KINGDOM; BP
Gurus, Mexico City, MEXICO;
Enterprise Wise LLC, Hoschton, GA;
Eon Consulting (Pty) Ltd., Midrand,
SOUTH AFRICA; HiSolutions, Berlin,
GERMANY; PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP, Gauteng, SOUTH AFRICA; Procept
Associates Ltd., Toronto, CANADA;
QubeStation, Inc., Chantilly, VA; Tieturi
OY, Helsinki, FINLAND; WellAware,
San Antonio, TX; and Westbury
Software, Amsterdam, THE
NETHERLANDS, have withdrawn as
parties to this venture.
No other changes have been made in
either the membership or planned
activity of the group research project.
Membership in this group research
project remains open, and TOG intends
to file additional written notifications
disclosing all changes in membership.
On April 21, 1997, TOG filed its
original notification pursuant to Section
6(a) of the Act. The Department of
Justice published a notice in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on June 13, 1997 (62 FR 32371).
The last notification was filed with
the Department on March 4, 2019. A
notice was published in the Federal
Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the
Act on April 4, 2019 (84 FR 13318).
Suzanne Morris,
Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit,
Antitrust Division.
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division
Notice Pursuant to the National
Cooperative Research and Production
Act of 1993—R Consortium, Inc.
Notice is hereby given that, on May
16, 2019, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the
National Cooperative Research and
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337-TA-1141]
Certain Cartridges for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems and
Components Thereof; Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial
Determination To Amend the Complaint and Notice of Investigation To
Correct the Name of a Corporate Respondent
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade
Commission (the ``Commission'') has determined not to review an initial
determination (``ID'') (Order No. 29) to amend the complaint and notice
of investigation to correct the name of a corporate respondent.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl P. Bretscher, Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2382. Copies of non-
confidential documents filed in connection with this investigation are
or will be available for inspection during official business hours
(8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436,
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telephone (202) 205-2000. General information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its internet server (https://www.usitc.gov). The public record for this investigation may be viewed
on the Commission's Electronic Docket Information System (``EDIS'')
(https://edis.usitc.gov). Hearing-impaired persons are advised that
information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the
Commission's TDD terminal, telephone (202) 205-1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 27, 2018, the Commission
instituted the present investigation based on a complaint filed by Juul
Labs, Inc. (``Juul'') of San Francisco, California. 83 FR 66756 (Dec.
27, 2018). The complaint alleges a violation of 19 U.S.C. 1337, as
amended (``Section 337''), in the importation, sale for importation,
and sale in the United States after importation of certain cartridges
used in electronic nicotine delivery systems and components thereof
that allegedly infringe one or more of the asserted claims of U.S.
Patent Nos. 10,058,129; 10,104,915; 10,111,470; 10,117,465; and
10,117,466. Id. The notice of investigation named twenty-three (23)
respondents, including Ziip Lab Co., Ltd. (``Ziip'') of Shenzhen City,
Guangdong Province, China. The Office of Unfair Import Investigations
was also named as a party. Id.
A number of respondents have already been terminated from this
investigation pursuant to consent orders or settlement. See Order No.
26 (not rev'd, Comm'n Notice (May 31, 2019)); Order No. 25 (not rev'd,
Comm'n Notice (May 15, 2019)); Order Nos. 19-21 (not rev'd, Comm'n
Notice (May 7, 2019)); Order Nos. 15, 16 (not rev'd, Comm'n Notice
(Mar. 26, 2019)); Order Nos. 13, 14 (not rev'd, Comm'n Notice (Mar. 26,
2019)).
On May 9, 2019, Juul and Ziip filed a joint motion to amend the
complaint and notice of investigation to correct the name of Ziip Lab
Co., Ltd., which is an alias, to SS Group Holdings, which is the
respondent's correct legal name. None of the parties opposed the joint
motion.
On May 15, 2019, the presiding administrative law judge issued the
subject ID (Order No. 29) granting the joint motion to amend the
complaint and notice of investigation to reflect the correct legal name
of SS Group Holdings.
No party filed a petition to review the subject ID. The Commission
has determined not to review the subject ID.
The authority for the Commission's determination is contained in
Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and
in part 210 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
part 210).
By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 12, 2019.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2019-12758 Filed 6-14-19; 8:45 am]
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