International Trade Commission January 8, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 30, 2012, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Ericsson Inc. of Plano, Texas and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson of Stockholm, Sweden. Letters supplementing the complaint were filed on December 3, December 12, and December 19, 2012. The complaint 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 electronic devices, including wireless communication devices, tablet computers, media players, and televisions, and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,029,052 (``the `052 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,058,359 (``the `359 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,278,888 (``the `888 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,301,556 (``the `556 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,418,310 (``the `310 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,445,917 (``the `917 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,473,506 (``the `506 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,519,223 (``the `223 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,624,832 (``the `832 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,772,215 (``the `215 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 8,169,992 (``the `992 patent''). 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 complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist order.