ITC Votes to Institute Investigation on CMOS Image Sensors Patent Complaint
The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain CMOS image sensors and products containing same (337-TA-846). The products at issue in this investigation are CMOS image sensors and consumer electronics devices (such as camera phones) containing CMOS image sensors.
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The investigation is based on a complaint filed by the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) of Pasadena, CA, on May 1. Letters supplementing the complaint were filed on May 21 and May 22. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of certain CMOS image sensors and products containing same that infringe patents asserted by Caltech. The complainant asks the USITC to issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.
The USITC identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
- STMicroelectronics NV of Switzerland;
- STMicroelectronics Inc. of Coppell, TX;
- Nokia Corp. of Finland;
- Nokia, Inc., of White Plains, NY;
- Research In Motion Ltd. of Canada;
- Research In Motion Corp. of Irving, TX.
(See ITT's Online Archives 12050245 for summary of the original complaint, and 12050422 for summary of ITC's request for comments relating to the original complaint.)