ITC Ends Investigation on Semiconductors Following Agreement
The International Trade Commission has ended a Section 337 investigation on imported semiconductors with dummy fill (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1342), it said in a Federal Register notice. Complainant Bell Semiconductor initially alleged in 2022 that 15 companies were importing devices containing semiconductors that infringed on a Bell patent concerning the capacitive effect of non-signal carrying features within an integrated circuit (see 2211280030).
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In early 2023, 12 of the respondents were dropped in a series of determinations, leaving only Omnivision Technologies, Skyworks Solutions and Arlo Technologies. In May, Bell filed a motion to remove the remaining three respondents following an agreement with nonparty Siemens Industry Software, which Bell said "fully resolve[d]" its infringement allegations. In September, Administrative Law Judge Clark Cheney initially granted the request and the ITC voted on Oct. 11 not to review the termination, ending the investigation.