[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 227 (Friday, November 25, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72722-72723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30260]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337-TA-815]
Certain Projectors With Controlled-Angle Optical Retarders,
Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same; Institution of
Investigation
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 October 21, 2011, under section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of
Compound Photonics Ltd. of the United Kingdom and Compound Photonics
U.S. Corporation of Phoenix, Arizona. A supplement to the Complaint was
filed on November 2, 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 projectors with controlled-angle optical retarders, components
thereof, and products containing same by reason of infringement of
certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,829,027 (``the `027 patent''). The
complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists
or is in the process of being established 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 cease and desist orders.
ADDRESSES: The complaint and supplement, except for any confidential
information contained therein, are 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 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
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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 November 17, 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 projectors
with controlled-angle retarders, components thereof, and products
containing same that infringe one or more of claims 10, 11, and 13-15
of the `027 patent, and whether an industry in the United States exists
or is in the process of being established 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:
Compound Photonics Ltd., Gunpowder House, 66-68 Great Suffolk Street,
Southwark, London SE1 0BL, United Kingdom;
Compound Photonics U.S. Corporation, 1110 North 52nd Street, Phoenix,
AZ 85008.
(b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint
is to be served:
Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan 108-0075;
Sony Corporation of America, 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022;
Sony Electronics Inc., 16530 Via Esprillo, San Diego, CA 92127.
(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 respondents 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 a 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: November 18, 2011.
James R. Holbein,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2011-30260 Filed 11-23-11; 8:45 am]
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