Certain Video Game Consoles, Routers and Gateways, and Components Thereof; Notice of Institution of Investigation, 13879-13880 [2025-05172]

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• INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 58 (Thursday, March 27, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13879-13880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05172]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1445]


Certain Video Game Consoles, Routers and Gateways, and Components 
Thereof; Notice of 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 February 19, 2025, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of AX Wireless, 
LLC of Austin, Texas. Supplements to the complaint were filed on March 
6 and 11, 2025. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based 
upon the importation into the

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United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United 
States after importation of certain video game consoles, routers and 
gateways, and components thereof by reason of the infringement of 
certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,917,272 (``the '272 patent''); 
U.S. Patent No. 11,646,927 (``the '927 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 
11,777,776 (``the '776 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 12,063,134 (``the 
'134 patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the 
United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The 
complainant requests 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: Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone (202) 205-2560.

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 (2025).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on March 21, 2025, 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 and 11 of the '272 patent; claims 1 and 2 of the '927 patent; 
claims 1-6 of the '776 patent; and claims 1-7 of the '134 patent, and 
whether an industry in the United States exists 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 ``video game consoles, 
routers, and gateways, and components thereof'';
    (3) 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);
    (4) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the 
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of 
investigation shall be served:
    The complainant is: AX Wireless, LLC, 2025 Guadalupe Street, Suite 
260, Austin, TX 78705.
    (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:

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, 
Japan 108-0075
Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, 2207 Bridgepointe Parkway, San 
Mateo, CA 94404
Vantiva SA, 10, Boulevard De Grenelle, Paris, Ile-de-France, France 
75015
Vantiva USA, LLC, 4855 Peachtree Industrial Blvd., Suite 200, Norcross, 
GA 30092

    (c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International 
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
    (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge, 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), such responses will be 
considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after 
the date of service by the Commission 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.

    Issued: March 21, 2025.
Sharon Bellamy,
Supervisory Hearings and Information Officer.
[FR Doc. 2025-05172 Filed 3-26-25; 8:45 am]
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