AGG Talks: Cross-Border Business Podcast - Episode 20: Mastering ITC Section 337 Investigations
U.S. International Trade Commission
2023 was an exciting year for Section 337 litigation at the ITC and 2024 is off to an equally interesting start. In this article, Libbie DiMarco reviews five of the most interesting recent developments in Section 337...more
Regular consumers now enjoy a front-row seat to the long-running intellectual property dispute between Apple, the tech giant based in Cupertino, California, and Masimo, a medical device company based in Irvine, California....more
Back by popular demand! Join U.S. imports/customs controls experts and supply chain professionals at ACI’s Advanced Forum on Import Compliance and Enforcement, taking place November 7–8, 2023, in Washington, D.C....more
We are pleased to announce that our team’s fourth-annual international trade law year-in-review report was published just before the New Year. In it, we take a detailed look at how 2022 played out and explore how 2023 might...more
In a recent Initial Determination (“ID”), ALJ McNamara indicated that the inclusion of a certification provision in the Limited Exclusion Order (“LEO”) was warranted to allow the respondent to import non-infringing redesigns....more
U.S. International Trade Commission- Section 701/731 Proceedings- Investigations- Quartz Surface Products from the People’s Republic of China: On July 5, 2019, the ITC released the final determinations in the...more
U.S. International Trade Commission- Section 701/731 Proceedings- Investigations- Mattresses from the People’s Republic of China: On June 13, 2019, the ITC released the schedule for the final phase of the Antidumping...more
U.S. International Trade Commission- Section 701/731 Proceedings- Investigations- Steel Trailer Wheels from the People’s Republic of China: On May 2, 2019, the ITC released the schedule of the final phase of...more
At the end of 2018, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) issued an opinion in One World Techs., Inc. v. United States. In that decision, Judge Choe-Groves concluded that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)...more
U.S. International Trade Commission- Section 701/731 Proceedings- Investigations- Certain Pasta from Italy and Turkey: On April 10, 2019, the ITC announced its determination that the revocation on certain pasta from...more
U.S. Department of Commerce Decisions- On March 29, 2019, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) released the 2019 National Trade Estimate (NTE). The NTE is an annual report on the status of foreign trade and...more
The ITC recently issued a Seizure and Forfeiture Order in response to an attempted importation of “ink cartridges and components thereof” subject to a General Exclusion Order (“GEO”) issued May 26, 2016. Certain Ink...more
Section 337 investigations are in rem proceedings to determine whether imported articles infringe a valid intellectual property right. Personal jurisdiction over the manufacturer or importer of those articles is not required...more
In a recent Opinion, the Commission continued the practice of including its usual certification provision in the Limited Exclusion Order despite the complainant’s request for a more restrictive certification provision. In re...more
As shown by the recent announcement by the Trump Administration of a Section 232(b) national security review of steel imports, (a type of investigation that has not been used since 2001), there are a number of ways in which...more
Globalization and the need to efficiently deploy corporate resources have led many multinational companies to establish global supply networks. Although these efforts often lead to the efficient deployment of capital,...more
BriarTek IP, Inc. Petitions for Writ of Certiorari - On February 10, 2016, BriarTek IP, Inc. filed a petition for writ of certiorari to review a judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that...more