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ITC Determines Claims to Diamond Drill Bits with Certain Physical Measures Are Not Patent-Eligible Under § 101

On October 26, 2022, in In the Matter of Certain Polycrystalline Diamond Compacts, the International Trade Commission (ITC) affirmed in part an Initial Determination (ID) that various respondents did not violate § 337 of the...more

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The U.S. International Trade Commission: An Overview

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The U.S. International Trade Commission is a federal agency with the authority to adjudicate cases involving companies that domestically exploit U.S. intellectual property rights and those who import allegedly infringing...more

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Redesign Cleared Following Adverse Initial Determination

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In an dispute involving garage door openers, Respondent successfully utilized a Modification Proceeding pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1337(k) to obtain a determination from the ITC that its redesigned product did not infringe the...more

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Defaulting Respondent Left Holding the Bag

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A recent opinion by the Commission highlights the risk for defaulting at the ITC. The Commission reversed the ALJ’s finding of a violation as to the participating respondents but maintained that the defaulting respondent was...more

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ITC rejects minimum threshold requirement for domestic industry economic prong and emphasizes the importance of contextual...

In a recent decision clarifying the legal standards of the International Trade Commission’s domestic industry requirement, the Commission has upheld, with modified reasoning, Chief Administrative Law Judge Bullock’s initial...more

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ITC Imposes Fine for Violating Cease and Desist Order

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In a recent Enforcement Initial Determination, ALJ Shaw held that Sony had violated previously issued cease and desist orders (“CDOs”) and determined that the appropriate penalty was a fine of $210,134 – Sony’s net profit...more

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ITC Issues GEO to Protect Domestic Manufacturer From Anonymous Online Sales

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In a recent Commission opinion, the ITC reviewed and affirmed ALJ Bullock’s Initial Determination (ID), and issued a general exclusion order (“GEO”). Certain Self-Anchoring Beverage Containers, Inv. 337-TA-1092, Comm’n Op....more

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ITC Rejects Sofa Design Patent Infringement On Prosecution History Estoppel Grounds

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While design patents follow many of the same rules as utility patents, the application of those rules in determining design patent infringement can be less than straightforward. But a recent Initial Determination by ALJ...more

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The International Trade Commission Has Broad Jurisdictional Authority, Including Indirect Sellers

On April 26, 2019, Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Lord clearly stated in Certain Intraoral Scanner and Related Hardware and Software that the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) jurisdictional authority extends to...more

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Commission Reverses Initial Determination’s Finding of No Direct Infringement

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In an earlier post related to this investigation, we discussed the ITC’s recommendation that a general exclusion order issue for products infringing Complainant National Products Inc.’s (“NPI”) patents after all named...more

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Product Prototype Built Abroad Satisfies Domestic Industry Requirement

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On February 14, 2019, the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued an Initial Determination (“ID”) in the matter of Certain Road Construction Machines and Components Thereof, Inv. 337-TA-1088. In the ID, ALJ Lord...more

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Commission Reverses Apple Infringement Finding, Thereby Mooting the Public Interest Inquiry...For Now

On March 26, 2019, the International Trade Commission issued its Final Determination in Certain Mobile Electronic Devices and Radio Frequency and Process Components Thereof, 337-TA-1065. The 1065 Investigation is one of...more

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Designing Around a Monopoly: the Public Interest Dispute between Qualcomm and Apple Takes a New Turn

As we mentioned in December, the International Trade Commission issued a notice to review the Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination issued by Administrative Law Judge Pender in Certain Mobile Electronic...more

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ITC Grants General Exclusion Order for Section 337 Violations

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A recent initial determination (“ID”) from the ITC resulted in a general exclusion order for products infringing several patents belonging to Complainant National Products Inc. (“NPI”). Certain Mounting Apparatuses For...more

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Declining Domestic Investments May Still Qualify as Significant

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In a recent decision, the ITC rejected respondent’s argument that complainant did not meet its domestic industry (“DI”) requirements because of declining investments over the years leading up to the Complaint. In re Certain...more

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ITC to Review Controversial Apple-Qualcomm Decision

As anticipated, on December 12, 2018, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) issued a notice to review the Final Initial Determination and Recommended Determination (“FID”) issued by Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”)...more

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Research Prototypes Count Towards Domestic Industry

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In a recent opinion, the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) held that economic investments and activities related to patented pre-commercial and non-commercial articles can meet Section 337’s domestic industry...more

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ALJ Cheney Holds that IPR Estoppel Does Not Apply to ITC Investigative Staff

In an Initial Determination finding that Fujifilm violated Section 337 by infringing two patents held by Sony, ALJ Cheney found another patent invalid after ruling that inter partes review (“IPR”) estoppel does not apply to...more

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Fight Against Anonymous Online Sellers that Infringe Your IP

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On August 27, 2018, ALJ Bullock issued an Initial Determination granting Complainants’ motion for summary determination – finding a violation of section 337 and issuing a General Exclusion Order (“GEO”). Certain...more

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ITC Makes It Easier for Complainants to Meet the Domestic Industry Requirement

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In a recent decision, the Commission overruled the ALJ to clarify, and ultimately expand, the universe of investments that complainants can use to meet the economic prong of the domestic industry (“DI”) requirement. Certain...more

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International Trade Commission Clarifies the Intersection Between Litigation Funding Agreements and Standing

On April 18, 2018, the International Trade Commission (“Commission”) reversed an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) finding that a litigation funding agreement destroyed standing for a complainant at the ITC. In Certain Audio...more

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The Commission Doesn’t Rubber Stamp Even Highly Technical Claim Constructions

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On February 14, 2018, the Commission affirmed ALJ Pender’s initial determination of non-infringement but based on modified grounds related to the construction of the claim term “single-molecule sequencing.” In re Certain...more

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Owning the Patent Isn’t Always Enough for Standing

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In a recent Initial Determination (“ID”), Administrative Law Judge Lord ruled that a patent owner did not have standing to sue without joining a third party to which certain rights had been transferred. Certain Audio...more

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ALJ Finds Violation in Mobile Device Holders Investigation

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ALJ Pender’s initial determination in Certain Mobile Device Holders and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1028 (Sept. 12, 2017), finding a violation of Section 337, provides important guidance on what investments count...more

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Instructional Materials Not Always Sufficient to Show Induced Infringement

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In a recent Initial Determination, Administrative Law Judge Shaw concluded that the Complainant’s reliance on marketing and instructional materials was not sufficient to prove inducement of infringement of a claimed method....more

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