Certain Wireless Communications Equipment and Components Thereof; Institution of Investigation, 9370-9371 [2021-02876]

Download as PDF 9370 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Notices Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2020). Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on February 8, 2021, ordered that— (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation of certain products identified in paragraph (2) by reason of infringement of one or more of claims 1–11, 14–20, 25, and 26 of the ’523 patent; and whether an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337; (2) Pursuant to Rule 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language description of the accused products or category of accused products, which defines the scope of the investigation, is ‘‘Intel’s microprocessors fabricated using TriGate technology at a 14nm process node or smaller and products that contain such Intel microprocessors, specifically servers, workstations, desktops, all-inone PCs, laptops, notebooks, computer tablets, and board-level computers’’; (3) Pursuant to Rule 210.10(b)(3) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(3), the presiding Administrative Law Judge shall hold an early evidentiary hearing and find facts, as needed, and shall issue an early initial determination (‘‘ID’’), within 100 days of institution, except for good cause shown, as to whether the complainant’s allegations in this investigation are precluded or otherwise barred—e.g., under claim preclusion, issue preclusion, or the Kessler doctrine—by either the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Intel Corp. v. Tela Innovations, Inc., No. 3:18–cv–02848–WHO, ECF No. 316 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 22, 2020), or the Commission’s final determination in Certain Integrated Circuits and Prods. Containing Same, Investigation No. 337–TA–1148. See Smith v. Bayer Corp., 564 U.S. 299, 307 (2011) (‘‘Deciding whether and how prior litigation has preclusive effect is usually the bailiwick of the second court . . . .’’); see also Charles Alan VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:27 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 Wright et al., Federal Practice & Procedure § 4405 (2d ed.) (‘‘The first court does not get to dictate to other courts the preclusion consequences of its own judgment. . . .’’). Any review will be conducted in accordance with Commission Rules 210.42–45. 19 CFR 210.42–45. Unless the Commission orders otherwise, the issuance of an early ID finding that the complainant is precluded or barred from pursuing its complaint shall stay the investigation and any other decision shall not stay the investigation or delay the issuance of a final ID covering the other issues of the investigation; (4) Pursuant to Commission Rule 210.50(b)(l), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), the presiding administrative law judge shall take evidence or other information and hear arguments from the parties or other interested persons with respect to the public interest in this investigation, as appropriate, and provide the Commission with findings of fact and a recommended determination on this issue, which shall be limited to the statutory public interest factors set forth in 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(l), (f)(1), (g)(1); (5) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of investigation shall be served: (a) The complainant is: Tela Innovations, Inc., 1484 Pollard Road #483, Los Gatos, CA 95032 (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint is to be served: Acer, Inc., 1F, 88, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi, New Taipei City 221, Taiwan Acer America Corporation, 333 West San Carlos Street, Suite 1500, San Jose, CA 95110 ASUSTek Computer Inc., No. 15, Li-Te Road, Beitou District, Taipai 112, Taiwan ASUS Computer International, 800 Corporate Way, Fremont, CA 94539 Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Blvd., Santa Clara, CA 95052 Lenovo Group Ltd., No. 6 Chuang Ye Road, Shangdi Information Industry Base, Beijing 100085, China Lenovo (United States) Inc., 1009 Think Pl., Morrisville, NC 27560 Micro-Star International Co., Ltd., No. 69, Lide St., Zhonghe District, New Taipei City 235, Taiwan MSI Computer Corp., 901 Canada Court, City of Industry, CA 91748 (c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and (7) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the presiding Administrative Law Judge. Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020), such responses will be considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the complainant of the complaint and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation will not be granted unless good cause therefor is shown. Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and to enter an initial determination and a final determination containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of an exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent. By order of the Commission. Issued: February 8, 2021. Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 2021–02872 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020–02–P INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION [Investigation No. 337–TA–1247] Certain Wireless Communications Equipment and Components Thereof; Institution of Investigation U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on January 7, 2021, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of Korea and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. A supplement to the complaint was filed on January 25, 2021. The SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 28 / Friday, February 12, 2021 / Notices complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain wireless communications equipment and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,041,074 (‘‘the ’074 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 9,521,616 (‘‘the ’616 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 9,736,772 (‘‘the ’772 patent’’); and U.S. Patent No. 10,797,405 (‘‘the ’405 patent’’). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists or in the process of being established as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders. ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information contained therein, may be viewed on the Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. Hearing impaired individuals are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 205–1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at (202) 205– 2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Hiner, Office of the Secretary, Docket Services Division, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone (202) 205–1802. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2020). Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on February 8, 2021, ORDERED THAT— (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation of certain products identified in paragraph (2) by reason of VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:27 Feb 11, 2021 Jkt 253001 infringement of one or more of claims 1–6 and 11–17 of the ’074 patent; claims 1–5, 8–16, 19–24, 26, 29–37, 40, and 42 of the ’616 patent; claims 1–15 of the ’772 patent; and claims 1–20 of the ’405 patent; and whether an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337; (2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language description of the accused products or category of accused products, which defines the scope of the investigation, is ‘‘wireless communications devices or software for use with 4G and 5G applications and components thereof, specifically base stations, base band units, antenna units, antenna systems, radio units, radio systems, mobile transport systems, site systems, digital units, CPU units, modem units, central units, power amplifiers, or related software; radio access network software; network management software; cloud radio access networks; virtual radio access networks; or radio access processing platforms’’; (3) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of investigation shall be served: (a) The complainants are: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 129 Samsung ro (Maetan-dong), Yeongtong-gu Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16677 Korea Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 85 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, NJ 07660 (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint is to be served: Ericsson AB, Torshamnsgatan 23, Kista, 16480 Stockholm, Sweden Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista, SE–164 83 Stockholm, Sweden Ericsson Inc., 6300 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024 (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the presiding Administrative Law Judge. The Office of Unfair Import Investigations will not participate as a party to this investigation. Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 9371 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020), such responses will be considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the complainants of the complaint and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation will not be granted unless good cause therefor is shown. Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and to enter an initial determination and a final determination containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of an exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent. By order of the Commission. Issued: February 8, 2021. Lisa Barton, Secretary to the Commission. [FR Doc. 2021–02876 Filed 2–11–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7020–02–P DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE Antitrust Division Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993—PXI Systems Alliance, Inc. Notice is hereby given that, on January 18, 2021, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), PXI Systems Alliance, Inc. (‘‘PXI Systems’’) 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, Virginia Panel (individual), Waynesboro, VA, has been added as a party to this venture. In addition, Coherent Solutions Limited has changed its name to Quantifi Photonics, Auckland, New Zealand. E:\FR\FM\12FEN1.SGM 12FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 28 (Friday, February 12, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9370-9371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-02876]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1247]


Certain Wireless Communications Equipment and Components Thereof; 
Institution of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on January 7, 2021, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Samsung 
Electronics Co., Ltd. of Korea and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. of 
Ridgefield Park, New Jersey. A supplement to the complaint was filed on 
January 25, 2021. The

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complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 based 
upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, 
and the sale within the United States after importation of certain 
wireless communications equipment and components thereof by reason of 
infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 9,041,074 (``the '074 
patent''); U.S. Patent No. 9,521,616 (``the '616 patent''); U.S. Patent 
No. 9,736,772 (``the '772 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 10,797,405 
(``the '405 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry 
in the United States exists or in the process of being established as 
required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complainants request 
that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the 
investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist 
orders.

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information 
contained therein, may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket 
(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email 
[email protected]. Hearing impaired individuals are advised that 
information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the 
Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810. Persons with mobility 
impairments who will need special assistance in gaining access to the 
Commission should contact the Office of the Secretary at (202) 205-
2000. General information concerning the Commission may also be 
obtained by accessing its internet server at https://www.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Hiner, Office of the 
Secretary, Docket Services Division, U.S. International Trade 
Commission, telephone (202) 205-1802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 
    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is 
contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 
U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2020).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on February 8, 2021, ORDERED THAT--
    (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether 
there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain products 
identified in paragraph (2) by reason of infringement of one or more of 
claims 1-6 and 11-17 of the '074 patent; claims 1-5, 8-16, 19-24, 26, 
29-37, 40, and 42 of the '616 patent; claims 1-15 of the '772 patent; 
and claims 1-20 of the '405 patent; and whether an industry in the 
United States exists or is in the process of being established as 
required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;
    (2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language 
description of the accused products or category of accused products, 
which defines the scope of the investigation, is ``wireless 
communications devices or software for use with 4G and 5G applications 
and components thereof, specifically base stations, base band units, 
antenna units, antenna systems, radio units, radio systems, mobile 
transport systems, site systems, digital units, CPU units, modem units, 
central units, power amplifiers, or related software; radio access 
network software; network management software; cloud radio access 
networks; virtual radio access networks; or radio access processing 
platforms'';
    (3) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the 
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of 
investigation shall be served:
    (a) The complainants are:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 129 Samsung ro (Maetan-dong), Yeongtong-
gu Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16677 Korea
Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 85 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, 
NJ 07660

    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
is to be served:

Ericsson AB, Torshamnsgatan 23, Kista, 16480 Stockholm, Sweden
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Torshamnsgatan 21, Kista, SE-164 83 
Stockholm, Sweden
Ericsson Inc., 6300 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024

    (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the 
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
    The Office of Unfair Import Investigations will not participate as 
a party to this investigation.
    Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be 
submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of 
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as amended in 85 FR 15798 
(March 19, 2020), such responses will be considered by the Commission 
if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the 
complainants of the complaint and the notice of investigation. 
Extensions of time for submitting responses to the complaint and the 
notice of investigation will not be granted unless good cause therefor 
is shown.
    Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each 
allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to 
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations 
of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative 
law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, 
to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and 
to enter an initial determination and a final determination containing 
such findings, and may result in the issuance of an exclusion order or 
a cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: February 8, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-02876 Filed 2-11-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020-02-P
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