Mexico's Diario Oficial of May 16 lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about May 25 on public interest factors raised by Black Hills Media’s May 13 Section 337 patent complaint on digital media devices. The complaint alleges that imports of certain products from Samsung, LG, Panasonic, Toshiba, and Sharp infringe its patents related to sharing of media, such as songs, across electronic devices. The products at issue are consumer electronics devices, including TVs, Blu-ray players, home theater systems, tablets, and mobile telephones, the complaint said. Black Hills Media is requesting cease and desist orders and limited exclusion orders barring import and sale into the U.S. or any foreign-trade zone.
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by June 13 on the economic and public welfare effects of issuing cease and desist orders in connection with its Section 337 patent investigation on digital models, digital data, and treatment plans for use in making incremental dental positioning adjustment appliances (337-TA-833). Align Technology requested the investigation in March 2012. Respondents to the investigation include Clearcorrect Pakistan and Clearcorrect Operating (see 12033086).
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 16 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
Correction: The zero AD rate for Shanghai Wells Group from the Commerce Department’s May 15 final results of antidumping administrative review on steel wire garment hangers from China (A-570-918) is effective May 16 (see 13051509).
The Commerce Department issued the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products from South Korea (A-580-836). The agency made no changes from its preliminary results, continuing to find zero AD rates for all three respondents to the review. As such, Commerce will direct CBP to liquidate entries of merchandise from these three companies without regard to AD duties, and will not collect a cash deposit on such entries until further notice. The new rates are effective May 17, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The Commerce Department clarified its exclusion for birthday candles from the scope of the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from China (A-570-504) in a March 7 final scope ruling. The ruling hadn’t been made available to the public through posting to the IAACCESS database until May 13. The clarification, which Commerce said “will serve as the Department’s guideline for what constitutes a birthday candle for the purpose of the birthday candle exclusion,” mandates that birthday candles be labeled as such to qualify.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 15:
On May 15 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for May 15 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.