[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 47 (Friday, March 8, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9485-9486]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5488]



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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-383]


In the Matter of: Certain Hardware Logic Emulation Systems and 
Components Thereof; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337 and 
provisional acceptance of motion for temporary relief.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint and a motion for 
temporary relief were filed with the U.S. International Trade 
Commission on January 26, 1996, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Quickturn Design 
Systems, Inc., 440 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043. 
Supplements to the complaint and motion were filed on February 16, 
1996, and February 23, 1996. The complaint as supplemented alleges 
violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, 
the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after 
importation of certain hardware logic emulation systems and components 
thereof by reason of alleged direct, induced, and contributory 
infringement of claims 2-5, 15, 17-21, and 27 of U.S. Letters Patent 
5,109,353, claims 1, 3-5, 7, 10-18, 22, 24, 26, and 28 of U.S. Letters 
Patent 5,329,470, claim 8 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,036,473, claims 1-3, 
6-8, 15, 20, and 21 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,448,496, and claims 1 and 
2 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,452,231. The complaint further alleges that 
there exists an industry in the United States as required by subsection 
(a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission 
institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue a 
permanent exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders.
    The motion for temporary relief requests that the Commission issue 
a temporary exclusion order and temporary cease and desist orders 
prohibiting the importation into and the sale within the United States 
after importation of certain hardware logic emulation systems and 
components thereof that infringe claim 8 of U.S. Letters Patent 
5,036,473 or claim 1, 2, 3, or 15 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,448,496 
during the course of the Commission's investigation.

ADDRESSES: The complaint and motion for temporary relief, 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, D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-1802. 
Hearing-impaired individuals are advised that information on this 
matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 
202-205-1810.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas L. Jarvis, Esq., Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone 202-205-2568.

    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. The authority for provisional acceptance 
of the motion for temporary relief is contained in section 210.58, 
19 CFR 210.58.

SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION: Having considered the complaint and the motion 
for temporary relief, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on March 
4, 1996, 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 hardware 
logic emulation systems or components thereof by reason of infringement 
of claim 2-5, 15, 17-21, or 27 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,109,353, claim 
1, 3-5, 7, 10-18, 22, 24, 26, or 28 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,329,470, 
claim 8 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,036,473, claim 1-3, 6-8, 15, 20, or 21 
of U.S. Letters Patent 5,448,496, or claims 1 or 2 of U.S. Letters 
Patent 5,452,231, and whether there exists an industry in the United 
States as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
    (2) Pursuant to section 210.58 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.58, the motion for temporary relief 
under subsection (e) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which 
was filed with the complaint, is provisionally accepted and referred to 
the presiding administrative law judge for investigation.
    (3) 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

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc., 440 Clyde Avenue, Mountain View, 
California 94043

    (b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
and motion for temporary relief are to be served:

Mentor Graphics Corp., 8005 S.W. Boeckman Road, Wilsonville, Oregon 
97070
Meta Systems, 4 Rue Rene Razel, 91400 Saclay, France

    (c) Thomas L. Jarvis, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Room 401J, 
Washington, D.C. 20436, shall be the Commission investigative attorney, 
party to this investigation; and
    (4) For the investigation and temporary relief proceedings 
instituted, the Honorable Paul J. Luckern is designated as the 
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
    Responses to the complaint, the motion for temporary relief, and 
the notice of investigation must be submitted by the named respondents 
in accordance with sections 210.13 and 210.59 of the Commission's Rules 
of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13 and 210.59. Pursuant to 
sections 201.16(d), 210.13(a), and 210.59 of the Commission's Rules, 19 
CFR 201.16(d), 210.13(a), and 210.59, such responses will be considered 
by the Commission if received not later than 10 days after the date of 
service by the Commission of the complaint, the motion for temporary 
relief, and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for 
submitting responses to the complaint 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, in the motion for temporary relief, and in 
this notice may be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to appear 
and contest the allegations of the complaint, the motion for temporary 
relief, 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, motion for temporary 
relief, and this notice and to enter both an initial determination and 
a final determination containing such findings, and may result in the 
issuance of a limited exclusion order or a cease and desist order or 
both directed against such respondent.

    Issued: March 4, 1996.

    By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-5488 Filed 3-7-96; 8:45 am]
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