The International Trade Commission seeks comments by May 30 on a Section 337 complaint alleging that imports of Wi-Fi devices infringe patents held by Estelgia, it said in a notice set for May 22 publication. According to the complaint, Estelgia is seeking a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against ASUS, D-Link, Linksys and Plume Design to bar from entry "certain wi-fi routers, wi-fi devices, mesh wi-fi network devices and components thereof" that violate its patents. Estelgia described the offending products as "a multi-band spectrum allocation system and method for increasing capacity of wireless data communication through concurrent communication through separate radio frequency bands."
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register May 21 on the following antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CVD rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department has published the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on certain cut-to-length plate (CTL plate) from South Korea (A-580-836). In the final results of this review, Commerce will set AD assessment rates for subject merchandise for the companies under review entered Feb. 1, 2023, through Jan. 31, 2024.
The Commerce Department has published the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on certain aluminum foil from Turkey (A-489-844). These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2022, through Oct. 31, 2023.
The Commerce Department is setting new countervailing duty cash deposit requirements for imports of sol gel alumina-based ceramic abrasive grains from China (C-570-191), after finding subsidization of Chinese producers in the preliminary determination of its CVD investigation. Suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements will take effect for entries on or after May 22, the date that the preliminary determination is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register.
On May 20, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board issued the following notices May 21:
The Court of International Trade on May 21 held a second hearing in as many weeks on the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act. The same three judges, Jane Restani, Gary Katzmann and Timothy Reif, pressed both the government and counsel for 12 U.S. states challenging all IEEPA tariff actions on whether the statute allows for tariff action, as well as whether the courts can review if the declared emergencies are "unusual and extraordinary" and the extent to which the case is guided by Yoshida International v. U.S. (The State of Oregon v. Donald J. Trump, CIT # 25-00077).
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website May 20, 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 CBP's ADCVD Search page.
CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters: