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Federal Circuit Rejects Google’s Bid To Shrink ITC Jurisdiction over Post-Importation Acts of Indirect Infringement

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s elimination of “Chevron deference” in the Loper decision, many commentators have suggested that the ITC’s authority over unfair imports under Section 337 might be curtailed. See Loper Bright...more

Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

August 2024 Newsletter

This is the first of a three-part series about the USMCA joint review process, focusing on China, Mexico, and competing visions of a “worker-centered” trade policy. Part one introduces the USMCA joint review process and...more

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Deference in Trade Cases Post-Chevron: The Loper Bright SCOTUS Decision

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On the penultimate day of its term, in Loper Bright v. Raimondo, the US Supreme Court overturned Chevron deference, which required that courts defer to a federal agency’s interpretation of the relevant law, as long as that...more

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Assessing the Impact of Recent Supreme Court Decisions on Section 337 Practice – Less than Meets the Eye?

Late last month, the Supreme Court issued two opinions which seemingly shook up the field of administrative law.  As explained in this article, however, while both decisions bear significantly on certain administrative...more

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As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns: July 2024

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Welcome to the July 2024 issue of “As the (Customs and Trade) World Turns,” our monthly newsletter where we compile essential updates from the customs and trade world over the past month. We bring you the most recent and...more

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Loper Decision Impact on Patent Law

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Venable has offered general thoughts on the potential fallout from the Supreme Court's reversal of the long-standing Chevron deference, as well as practice area-specific analysis. Here, the Intellectual Property Litigation...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

Chevron Overruled and SEC Enforcement Cabined: Any Impact at the ITC?

For nearly 40 years, when a court found that a statute was ambiguous, it deferred to the reasonable interpretation of the federal agency administering the statute. This principle—known as Chevron deference, after the 1984...more

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Chevron is Done — What Does Loper mean for the PTAB and ITC?

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In Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, the Supreme Court expressly overruled Chevron USA Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. This landmark 6-3 ruling ends nearly 40-years of Chevron deference, the doctrine of...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

FDA After Chevron

Under the Supreme Court's Chevron doctrine, courts will defer to a federal agency's interpretation of an ambiguous statute unless that interpretation is unreasonable. Chevron U.S.A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council,...more

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Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing on Whether Section 337 Includes Digital Imports

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The Federal Circuit debate begun in Suprema, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, 796 F.3d 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (en banc), continued with the court’s denial of rehearing en banc in ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v....more

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Important Decisions on the Scope of the ITC's Authority

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In the latter half of 2015, the Federal Circuit in Suprema v. ITC and ClearCorrect v. ITC issued two decisions addressing the scope of the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) authority to exclude infringing articles. In...more

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ITC Section 337 Update – February 2016

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Commission and Align Technology Petition for Rehearing En Banc in ClearCorrect - On January 27, 2016, the U.S. International Trade Commission (“Commission”) and Align Technology, Inc. petitioned for rehearing en banc in...more

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Federal Circuit Panel Rejects ITC Assertion of Authority Over Intangible Articles - ClearCorrect Operating, LLC et al. v. Int’l...

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Reviewing an interpretation by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC or Commission) of its enabling statute (§ 337 of the Tariff Act) for the second time in three months, a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

ITC Has No Jurisdiction to Block Infringing “Electronic Transmissions”

On November 10, a panel of the Federal Circuit reversed a landmark ITC decision blocking the importation of digital information that infringes a patent. This decision has potential ramifications for a wide-range of companies...more

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ITC Powerless to Block Importation of Infringing Digital Files

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The Federal Circuit held that the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) could not block the import of infringing digital files because the ITC lacked jurisdiction. According to the Federal Circuit, the term “articles”...more

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On Remand, Panel Affirms ITC Finding of Section 337 Violation - Suprema, Inc. v. International Trade Commission

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In a non-precedential remand decision, the original panel in the case of Suprema v. International Trade Commission affirmed the International Trade Commission’s finding that appellant Suprema violated § 337 by inducing...more

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Federal Circuit Review | September 2015

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Federal Circuit Remands Record Damages Award For New Trial On Extraterritorial Sales - In Carnegie Mellon University v. Marvell Technology Group, Ltd., Appeal No. 2014-1492, the Federal Circuit reversed a damages award...more

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Federal Circuit Upholds ITC Interpretation of § 337 to Cover Induced Infringement - Suprema, Inc. and Mentalix Inc. v. Int’l Trade...

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In a 6-4 ruling, a sharply divided en banc Federal Circuit overturned the original panel decision and deferred to the International Trade Commission’s (ITC or Commission) interpretation of the phrase “articles that …...more

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Federal Circuit’s En Banc Suprema Ruling Confirms the ITC’s Authority to Exclude Imported Goods Used to Directly Infringe in the...

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On August 10, 2015, the Federal Circuit held that under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the International Trade Commission (ITC) could exclude from the United States imported goods that, after importation, are used in...more

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Suprema, Inc. v. ITC: En Banc Federal Circuit Confirms ITC’s Jurisdiction to Exclude Articles Based on Induced Infringement

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On August 10, 2015, the full US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its en banc opinion in Suprema, Inc. v. ITC, which overturned an earlier panel decision and confirmed, by a 6–4 vote, that the International...more

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Federal Circuit Upholds ITC Interpretation of § 337 to Cover Induced Infringement

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Suprema, Inc. and Mentalix Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, Case No. 12-1170 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 10, 2015) (Reyna, J.) (O’Malley, Proust, Lourie, and Dyk JJ., dissenting). By way of background, appellee Suprema manufactures...more

King & Spalding

ITC Section 337 Update – August 2015

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En Banc Federal Circuit Upholds The Commission’s Position In Suprema – On August 10, 2015, in an en banc Opinion written by Circuit Judge Reyna, the Federal Circuit upheld the Commission’s position in Suprema, Inc. v....more

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ClearCorrect v. ITC: Federal Circuit Hears Argument in Case Which Will Decide Whether ITC Has Jurisdiction Over Digital Imports

On Tuesday, August 11, the Federal Circuit heard oral arguments in ClearCorrect v. International Trade Commission, a case that will decide whether the ITC has the power to exclude intangible items that are imported digitally...more

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Federal Circuit overturns panel decision and upholds Commission in Suprema, Inc. v. International Trade Commission rehearing en...

En banc Court reverses panel decision 6-4 and upholds U.S. International Trade Commission determination that it has broad authority to address acts of induced infringement based upon post-importation conduct. Procedural...more

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

En Banc Federal Circuit Keeps Induced Infringement Alive at the ITC

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an en banc opinion today finding that induced infringement may form the basis for an investigation of unfair import practices at the International Trade Commission (ITC)....more

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