International Trade Commission April 3, 2015 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on February 26, 2015, 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 Sweden. A supplement to the complaint was filed on March 18, 2015. 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 wireless standard compliant electronic devices, including communication devices and tablet computers, by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,717,996 (``the '996 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,660,270 (``the '270 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,058,359 (``the '359 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,301,556 (``the '556 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,102,805 (``the '805 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,607,130 (``the '130 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,837,381 (``the '381 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 8,331,476 (``the '476 patent''). 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 limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.

The Commission has determined that it will conduct a portion of its hearing in the captioned review scheduled for March 31, 2015 in camera.