ITC to Review ALJ's No Violation Finding in Patent Investigation of Kinesiotherapy Device Imports

The International Trade Commission said it will review an administrative law judge’s finding of no violation of Section 337 in its patent infringement investigation of kinesiotherapy devices and component imports (337-TA-823). Several of the original 21 respondents have already been terminated from the investigation because of consent orders with the complainant, Standard Innovation. As for the remaining companies under investigation, the administrative law judge found that Standard Innovation does not meet the requirement of having a U.S. industrial presence. The ALJ found that imports from the remaining respondents would have otherwise violated Section 337: their imports infringed on Standard Innovation’s patents, and the patents themselves were not invalid. The investigation was instituted in January 2012 (see 12010616).