The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of melamine from Germany, India, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago (C-428-853, C-533-925, C-518-002, C-274-811), after finding countervailable subsidization of producers and exporters in the four countries in the preliminary determinations of its CVD investigations. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will generally take effect for entries on or after July 22, the date that the preliminary determinations are set to be published in the Federal Register, but Commerce is making the suspension of liquidation and CVD cash deposits retroactive to approximately April 21 for Indian companies.

The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 18 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of storage containers and toolboxes, organizers, component boxes, coolers, and accessories from Klein Tools are infringing on patents held by Milwaukee Electric Tool and Keter Home and Garden Products, the ITC said in a notice released June 18. In a complaint filed in June (see 2406180039), Milwaukee Tool and Keter said Klein Tools’ Modbox line of modular containers rely on the patented technology used in Milwaukee Tools’ Packout modular storage products. The ITC will consider a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against Klein Tools.

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 18 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):

The Commerce Department issued antidumping duty orders on paper shopping bags from Cambodia (A-555-002), China (A-570-152), Colombia (A-301-805), India (A-533-917), Malaysia (A-557-825), Portugal (A-471-808), Taiwan (A-583-872) and Vietnam (A-552-836), and countervailing duty orders on paper shopping bags from China (C-570-153) and India (C-533-918).

The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 17 Federal Register on the following AD/CVD injury, Section 337 patent or other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):

The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 17 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):

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 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.

The International Trade Commission is beginning a Section 337 investigation on allegations that imports of hydrodermabrasion systems (ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-1408) from Cartessa Aesthetics and Eunsung Global are infringing on patents held by HydraFacial, it said in a notice July 17. In a complaint filed in June (see 2406130048), HydraFacial said Cartessa’s Skinwave system and Eunsung’s Hydracare H2 and Hydra Touch H2 systems copy the patented technologies used in HydraFacial’s Syndeo system. In the investigation, the ITC will consider whether to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders banning the import and sale of infringing merchandise from Cartessa and Eunsung.