International Trade Commission November 3, 2006 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on October 3, 2006, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, by Geoffrey McCabe of Los Angeles, California. A supplement to the complaint was filed on October 24, 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 stringed musical instruments and components thereof by reason of infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,175,066, U.S. Patent No. 5,965,831, U.S. Patent No. 6,891,094, and U.S. Patent No. 5,986,191. The complaint, as supplemented, further alleges that an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsections (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.