International Trade Commission May 16, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on April 10, 2006, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of ERBE Elektromedizin GmbH of Germany and ERBE USA, Inc. of Marietta, Georgia. A supplement to the complaint was filed on May 2, 2006. 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 endoscopic probes for use in argon plasma coagulation systems by reason of infringement of claims 1, 3, 4, 11, 13, 35, 37, 38, 39, and 41 of U.S. Patent No. 5,720,745 and of infringement of U.S. Supplemental Trademark Registration No. 2,637,630. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established, as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion order and cease and desist orders.