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Foley & Lardner LLP

Federal Circuit Opens the Door to Additional Domestic Industry Investment: “Ordinary Importer” No Longer

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In its recent decision in Lashify, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit opened the door for patent owners to include expanded categories of domestic investment to satisfy the economic prong of the...more

A&O Shearman

Federal Circuit Expands Economic Prong Of Section 337 Domestic Industry Requirement

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Lashify, Inc. is an American company, with headquarters and employees in the United States, that distributes, markets, and sells eyelash extensions (and cases and applicators for the eyelash extensions) in the United States....more

Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP

The Precedent: Federal Circuit Emphasizes that Dollar Amount Spent is Not Determinative of § 337’s Domestic Industry Requirement...

In this edition of The Precedent, we outline the decision in Wuhan Healthgen Biotechnology Corp. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently emphasized that Section 337’s...more

Troutman Pepper Locke

New Federal Circuit Ruling Opens the ITC to Many More IP Owners

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In a recent ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upended years of settled law and ruled that sales and marketing expenses, by themselves, can be the basis for a finding of domestic industry in an...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

[Podcast] Talkin’ Trade: Section 337 Domestic Industry Shake-Up—Exploring the Lashify Decision

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On this episode of Ropes & Gray's ITC-focused podcast series, Talkin' Trade, IP litigators Matt Rizzolo, Matt Shapiro, and Patrick Lavery discuss a groundbreaking Federal Circuit decision in Lashify v. ITC. This pivotal...more

Vinson & Elkins LLP

Section 337 Gets a Makeover: Federal Circuit Expands Economic Domestic Industry Criteria

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“Federal Circuit”) recently issued a landmark decision in Lashify, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, expanding what expenditures count to prove the economic prong of...more

Jones Day

The Federal Circuit Expands Scope of Domestic Industry Requirement in Lashify

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In Lashify v. ITC, the Federal Circuit held that the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement, which is a precondition for obtaining International Trade Commission Section 337 relief, can be satisfied with...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Federal Circuit Rules Sales and Marketing Expenses for Foreign-Made Products May Satisfy ITC Domestic Industry Requirement

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In a precedential decision issued on March 5, the Federal Circuit held that the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) must consider various domestic expenditures related to foreign-made products in determining whether the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Section 337 Now Viable for “Mere Importers” After Federal Circuit’s Lashify Decision

For years, the U.S. International Trade Commission maintained that the potent remedies available under Section 337 were unavailable to intellectual property owners considered to be nothing more than “mere importers.” That...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 17th Annual Practitioners' Think Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement - March 31st - April 1st, Washington, DC

Examine real-world strategies for tackling the most pressing challenges in ITC practice at ACI’s 17th Annual Practitioners' Think Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement. Be in the same room with leading in-house counsel,...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Small-Market Segment Can Satisfy Domestic Industry Requirement

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a US International Trade Commission finding, explaining that small-market segments can be significant and substantial enough to support the Commission’s domestic...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2024 ITC Section 337 Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

Section 337 investigations at the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) remain an efficient and powerful method for American businesses seeking relief from foreign acts of unfair competition, including infringement of...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Federal Circuit Clarifies That “Quantitatively Small” Investments Can Establish Significant and Substantial Investment in Domestic...

On Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential opinion in Wuhan Healthgen Biotech. Corp. v. U.S. Int’l Trade Comm’n, No. 23-1389, 2025 WL 420819 (Fed. Cir. 2025). The three-judge panel, consisting of Chief...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases: Trudell Medical International Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare, LLC

Trudell Medical International Inc. v. D R Burton Healthcare, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2023-1777, -1779 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 7, 2025) This week’s Case of the Week presents a cautionary tale for litigators to be sure they’ve timely...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

IP Hot Topic: Federal Circuit Affirms Small U.S. Investments Can Satisfy Domestic Industry Requirement

A domestic industry may never be too small so long as the commercial product is 100% American-made according to the latest Federal Circuit opinion. In Wuhan Healthgen Biotech v. ITC, the Federal Circuit affirmed the...more

DLA Piper

Federal Circuit Asked to Rethink ITC’s Longstanding Exclusion of Investment Categories for Economic Domestic Industry

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A US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit panel consisting of Judges Sharon Prost, Richard Taranto, and Raymond Chen recently heard oral argument in Lashify, Inc. v. US International Trade Commission, an appeal from a...more

Irwin IP LLP

Paws vs. Jaws: Dawgs Take on Crocs in The Federal Circuit

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Crocs, Inc. v. Effervescent, Inc., No. 1:06-cv-00605 (Fed. Cir. October 3, 2024) - On October 3, 2024, the Federal Circuit held that a party may be liable for false advertising violations under Section 43(a)(1)(B) of the...more

Arnall Golden Gregory LLP

AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 20: Mastering ITC Section 337 Investigations

In this episode, Mike Burke, AGG Corporate partner and co-chair of the firm’s International practice, is joined by Andrew Beverina, AGG Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property of counsel and former...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Section 337 Doesn’t Require Article III Standing for Claimant but Claimant Must Be “Patentee”

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s grant of summary judgment, finding that the language used in an invention assignment clause was subject to more than one reasonable...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 16th Annual Practitioners’ Think Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement - May 29th - 30th, Washington, DC

Returning to Washington in May, ACI’s 16th Annual Practitioners’ Think Tank on ITC Litigation & Enforcement is your opportunity to learn from and network with key members of the ITC Bench, senior ITC Attorneys and leading...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2023 ITC Section 337 Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Introduction

Section 337 investigations at the ITC have proven to be an efficient and powerful method for Complainants seeking relief from unfair importation. The Commission’s injunctive powers provide an attractive forum for Complainants...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2023 ITC Section 337 Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

Section 337 investigations at the ITC have proven to be an efficient and powerful method for Complainants seeking relief from unfair importation. The Commission’s injunctive powers provide an attractive forum for Complainants...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: January 2024

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This month’s ITC wrap-up focuses on an initial determination in an investigation regarding constitutional standing, which is a requirement at the Commission as in federal court....more

Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

[Hybrid Event] Damage Control: Mitigating ITC Remedial Orders with Effective Redesign and Parallel Litigation Strategies -...

Join litigation shareholder Libbie DiMarco as she breaks down the latest developments for mitigating ITC remedial orders with effective litigation strategies ranging from product redesigns (and when to introduce them) to PTAB...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: December 2023

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This month’s ITC Wrap-Up reviews a recent investigation exploring exemptions to the Commission’s remedial orders. Certain Wet Dry Surface Cleaning Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-1304, Final Determination (Dec. 18, 2023)....more

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