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ITC Seeks Comments on Section 337 Complaint on BIER Network Equipment

The International Trade Commission seeks comments by July 26 on a potential Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of network equipment that supports Bit Indexed Explicit Replication (BIER) standards infringe on patents held by Optimum Communications Services, the ITC…

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said in a notice released July 17. In a complaint filed July 12, Optimum said four companies in China -- Beijing Tongruida Information Technology Co., Ltd., Ella Optoelectronic Technology Hebei Co., Ltd., Zhengzhou Qiongzhi Ceyu Network Technology Co., Ltd., and Beijing Morriss Technology Co., Ltd. – are copying its patented technology related to multicast networking capabilities per the BIER standard technique. Optimum seeks a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Tongruida, Ella, Qiongzhi and Morriss.