International Trade Commission December 18, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on November 13, 2024, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Gavrieli Brands LLC of Culver City, California. An amended complaint was filed on November 20, 2024. A supplement to the amended complaint was filed on December 2, 2024. The complaint, as amended and 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 women's flats with colored outsoles thereof by reason of infringement of the claim of one or more of U.S. Design Patent No. D681,928 (the " '928 patent"), U.S. Design Patent No. D844,950 (the " '950 patent"), U.S. Design Patent No. D844,951 (the " '951 patent"), U.S. Design Patent No. D681,927 (the " '927 patent"), U.S. Design Patent No. D781,035 (the " '035 patent"), U.S. Design Patent No. D781,032 (the " '032 patent"), U.S. Design Patent No. D686,812 (the " '812 patent"), and U.S. Design Patent No. D688,853 (the " '853 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by the applicable Federal Statute. The complaint also alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, or in the sale of certain flats with colored outsoles thereof by reason of trade dress infringement, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a general exclusion order, or in the alternative a limited exclusion, and cease and desist orders.