[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 181 (Monday, September 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58041-58042]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23890]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337-TA-806]
Certain Digital Televisions Containing Integrated Circuit Devices
and Components Thereof; Notice of Institution of Investigation;
Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the
U.S. International Trade Commission on August 12, 2011, under section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of
Renesas Electronics Corporation of Japan and 511 Technologies, Inc. of
Marshall, Texas. Letters supplementing the complaint were filed on
September 1, 2011 and September 6, 2011. The complaint alleges
violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United
States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States
after importation of certain digital televisions containing integrated
circuit devices and components thereof by reason of infringement of
certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,199,432 (``the `432 patent'') and
U.S. Patent No. 6,531,400 (``the `400 patent''). The complaint further
alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by
subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
The complainants request that the Commission institute an
investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order
and a cease and desist order.
ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information
contained therein, is available for inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 112,
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2000. Hearing impaired
individuals are advised that information
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on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD
terminal on (202) 205-1810. Persons with mobility impairments who will
need special assistance in gaining access to the Commission should
contact the Office of the Secretary at (202) 205-2000. General
information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing
its Internet server at http://www.usitc.gov. The public record for this
investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket
(EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone (202)
205-2560.
Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,
and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2011).
Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on September 12, 2011, ordered that--
(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether
there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the
sale within the United States after importation of certain digital
televisions containing integrated circuit devices and components
thereof that infringe one or more of claims 9, 10, 12, 31, 32, and 35
of the `432 patent and claims 6-10 of the `400 patent, and whether an
industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2)
of section 337;
(2) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of
investigation shall be served:
(a) The complainants are:
Renesas Electronics Corporation, Nippon Building, 2-6-2, Ote-machi,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004, Japan;
511 Technologies, Inc., 511 N. Washington Avenue, Marshall, TX 75670.
(b) The respondent is the following entity alleged to be in
violation of section 337, and is the party upon which the complaint is
to be served: Vizio, Inc., 39 Tesla, Irvine, CA 92618.
(c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436;
and
(3) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative
Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondent in accordance with section 210.13 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(d)-(e) and 210.13(a), such responses will be
considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after
the date of service by the Commission of the complaint and the notice
of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the
complaint and the notice of investigation will not be granted unless
good cause therefor is shown.
Failure of the respondent to file a timely response to each
allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations
of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative
law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent,
to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and
to enter an initial determination and a final determination containing
such findings, and may result in the issuance of an exclusion order or
a cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: September 13, 2011.
James R. Holbein,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2011-23890 Filed 9-16-11; 8:45 am]
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