The International Trade Commission voted to institute an investigation of certain optoelectronic devices for fiber optic communications, components thereof, and products containing the same. The products at issue in this investigation are vertical cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) and VCSEL drivers, and also transceivers and active optical cables that include VCSELs and VCSEL drivers as components.
An administrative law judge found that Samsung’s mobile phones and tablet computers violate some of Apple’s patents, in the International Trade Commission’s investigation of electronic digital media devices and their components (337-TA-796). The public version of the ALJ’s notice did not discuss recommended remedy and bond.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Oct. 26 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
On Oct. 25 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 25 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Oct. 25 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for Oct. 19-25.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notice for Oct. 26:
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement seized two more antique statues that it traced back to alleged smuggler Subhash Kapoor, it said. The statues, which are estimated to be worth $1.7 million, were seized from a Manhattan hotel Oct. 23. The hotel was allegedly lent the statues by Art of the Past gallery, which is owned by Kapoor. In July, an arrest warrant for Kapoor was issued by the Manhattan Criminal Court on charges he possessed stolen property.
A California man was sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for trafficking in more than 30,000 DVDs bearing the counterfeit trademarks of Dolby Laboratory Licensing Corp., a company responsible for sound quality in many theatrical movies and DVD releases, said Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Jackie Weisheng Chen, 48, will begin serving his prison term by Jan. 4, 2013.