International Trade Commission March 29, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

On March 21, 2005, the Department of Commerce published notice in the Federal Register of a final determination of sales at not less than fair value in connection with the subject investigation (70 FR 13454). Accordingly, pursuant to section 207.40(a) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.40(a)), the antidumping duty investigation concerning PET resin from Taiwan (investigation No. 731-TA-1079 (Final)) is terminated.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 24, 2005, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Thomson Licensing S.A. of Boulogne, France, and Thomson Licensing Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on March 18, 2005. The complaint, as supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain color television receivers and color display monitors, and components thereof, by reason of infringement of claims 1 and 3 of U.S. Patent No. 4,836,651, claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 5,041,888, claims 1, 5, and 7 of U.S. Patent No. 5,153,754, claims 1, 3, 5, and 6 of U.S. Patent No. 5,389,893, and claims 1 and 2 of U.S. Patent No. 5,452,195. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders.