[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 119 (Wednesday, June 19, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31148-31149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-15608]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337-TA-388]
Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory Controllers and Certain
Multi-Layer Integrated Circuits, as well as Chipsets and Products
Containing Same; Notice of Investigation
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the
U.S. International Trade Commission on May 13, 1996, under section 337
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1337, on behalf
of Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara,
California 95052- 8119. The complaint was amended on May 24, 1996, and
June 4, 1996, and supplemented on May 28, 1996. The complaint, as
amended and 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 dynamic
random access memory controllers and certain multi-layer integrated
circuits, as well as chipsets and products containing same, that
infringe claims 1, 2, 5, 7, and 15 of United States Letters Patent
5,307,320, and claims 1 and 11 of United States Letters Patent
4,775,550.
The complainant requests that the Commission institute an
investigation and, after a hearing, issue a permanent exclusion order
and permanent cease and desist orders.
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, S.W., 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: Smith R. Brittingham IV, Esq., Office
of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission,
telephone 202-205-2576.
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.
SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION: Having considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on June 12, 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 dynamic
random access memory controllers and certain multi-layer integrated
circuits, as well as chipsets and products containing same, by reason
of infringement of claims 1, 2, 5, 7, or 15 of United States Letters
Patent 5,307,320, or claims 1 or 11 of United States Letters Patent
4,775,550; and whether there exists an industry in the United States 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--Intel Corporation, 2200 Mission College
Boulevard, Santa Clara, California 95052-8119.
(b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint
is to be served:
United Microelectronics Corporation, No. 13 Innovation Road I, Science-
Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation, 2F No. 17 Innovation Rd. I,
Science-Based Industrial Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan
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Silicon Integrated Systems Corporation (U.S.), 240 North Wolfe Road,
Sunnyvale, California 94806
Integrated Technology Express, 2388 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara,
California 95051
(c) Smith R. Brittingham IV, Esq., Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street,
S.W., Room 401-M, Washington, D.C. 20436, shall be the Commission
investigative attorney, party to this investigation; and
(3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Sidney
Harris is designated as 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 sections 201.16(d) and 210.13(a) of the Commission's Rules,
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 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 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: June 12, 1996.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 96-15608 Filed 6-18-96; 8:45 am]
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