The International Trade Commission instituted a Section 337 investigation of balloon dissection devices imported and sold by Pajunk that violate a patent held by Coviden. The products are used by surgeons in performing laparoscopic hernia repair. Coviden requested an exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning import and sale of infringing merchandise.
The International Trade Commission will investigate whether wireless base stations imported by Ericsson are violating Section 337 through infringing on Samsung’s patents, it said. Samsung requested an exclusion order and a cease and desist order against importation and sale of the base stations in its Dec. 26 complaint, the ITC said.
The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation of cases for portable electronic devices, based on a Dec. 26 complaint by Speculative Product Design (aka Speck). Speck’s complaint alleges imports of cases that violate one of its patents. The ITC named the following as respondents:
On Jan. 25 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alert on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Jan. 23 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On Jan. 25 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Jan. 28:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Jan. 25, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
Mexico's Diario Oficial of Jan. 25, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Jan. 25 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):