U.S. International Trade Commission
For nearly 40 years, when a court found that a statute was ambiguous, it deferred to the reasonable interpretation of the federal agency administering the statute. This principle—known as Chevron deference, after the 1984...more
Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit ruled that trademark rulings from the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) do not have preclusive effect. This means that ITC actions do not bar district court cases, that ITC...more
In June 2013, the International Trade Commission (“ITC” or “the Commission”) announced that it had launched a pilot program to test whether early rulings on certain dispositive issues in some Section 337 investigations could...more