International Trade Commission October 24, 2022 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Commission hereby gives notice of the scheduling of expedited reviews pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') to determine whether revocation of the countervailing and antidumping duty orders on 1-hydroxyethylidene-1, 1-diphosphonic acid (HEDP) from China would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 16, 2022, under the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of EDST, LLC of Lubbock, Texas and Quext IoT, LLC of Lubbock, Texas. The complaint was supplemented on September 22, and October 5, 2022. The complaint, as supplemented, 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 smart thermostat hubs, systems containing the same, and components of the same by reason of the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,825,273 (``the '273 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 10,803,685 (``the '685 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 11,189,118 (``the '118 patent''). 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 the applicable Federal Statute. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.