Mexico's Diario Oficial of Oct. 26, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The World Trade Organization General Council approved Laos’ WTO membership at an Oct. 26 meeting, the WTO said. The country’s accession protocol was signed shortly afterward, which means all that’s left is for the Laotian legislature to ratify the agreement. Laos will become a WTO member 30 days after ratification, more than 15 years after it applied to join the WTO.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the Oct. 26 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):
The International Trade Commission is considering issuing a limited exclusion order against LG's LCD devices, and is asking for comments by Nov. 21 on any relevant public interest factors. Complainants Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan and ITRI International Inc., of San Jose, Calif. allege violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the U.S. and sale of certain devices of improving uniformity used in a backlight module and components thereof and products containing same (337-TA-805). The administrative law judge in this case recommended a limited exclusion order against LG.
The International Trade Commission is asking for comments by about Nov. 6 on a patent complaint filed Oct. 23 on behalf of K-V Pharmaceutical Company, which alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the import into the U.S., the sale for import, and the sale within the U.S. after import of certain hydroxyprogesterone caproate and products containing the same (D/N 2919). The ITC is asking for comments on any public interest issues that might affect ITC consideration, including whether the issuance of an exclusion order and/or cease and desist order would impact the public interest. The complaint names the following respondents:
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: