[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45468-45469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21125]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337-TA-685]
In the Matter of Certain Flash Memory and Products Containing
Same; Notice of Investigation
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
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ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the
U.S. International Trade Commission on July 31, 2009, under section 337
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of Korea. A letter supplementing the
complaint was filed on August 21, 2009. 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 flash memory and products containing same
by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos.
6,930,050 and 5,740,065. The complaint further alleges that an industry
in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section
337.
The complainant requests 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 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: Rett Snotherly, Esq., Office of Unfair
Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone
(202) 205-2599.
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 (2009).
Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on August 27, 2009, 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 flash memory
or products containing same by reason of infringement of one or more of
claims 1, 19, 31, and 35 of U.S. Patent No. 6,930,050 and claims 1-8,
11, and 12 of U.S. Patent No. 5,740,065, 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 complainant is--
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 416 Maetan-3dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-
City, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 443-742.
(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:
Spansion, Inc., 915 DeGuigne Drive, P.O. Box 3453, Sunnyvale, CA 94088;
Spansion LLC, 915 DeGuigne Drive, P.O. Box 3453, Sunnyvale, CA 94088;
Spansion Japan Limited, Cube Kawasaki, 1-14, Nisshin-cho, Kawasaki-hu,
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 210-0024, Japan;
Alpine Electronics, Inc., 20-1 Yoshima-Kogyodanchi, Iwaki, Fukushima
970-1192, Japan;
Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., 19145 Gramercy Place, Torrance, CA
90501;
D-Link Corporation, No. 289, Sinhu 3rd Road, Neihu District, Taipei
City 114 Taiwan;
D-Link Systems, Inc., 17595 Mt. Hermann Street, Fountain View, CA
92708;
Slacker, Inc., 16935 W. Bernardo Dr. Suite 270, San Diego, CA 92127;
Synology Inc., 2F-3, No. 106, Chang An W. Rd., Taipei 10351, Taiwan;
Synology North America Corp., 2899 152 Ave. NE., Redmond, WA 98052;
Shenzhen Egreat Co., Ltd., 4/F, 1 Building, Sha San Chuang Ye
Industrial Park, Sha Jing, Bao An, Shenzhen, China;
Appro International, Inc., 446 South Abbot Avenue, Milipitas, CA 95035.
(c) The Commission investigative attorney, party to this
investigation, is Rett Snotherly, Esq., 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 Honorable Paul J.
Luckern, 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) 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 a respondent.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: August 27, 2009.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
William R. Bishop,
Secretary to the Commission.
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