[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 243 (Friday, December 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 70157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33583]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-416]


Certain Compact Multipurpose Tools; Notice of Commission Decision 
Not To Review an Initial Determination Adding a Respondent

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade 
Commission has decided not to review the presiding administrative law 
judge's (ALJ's) initial determination (ID) granting a motion to amend 
the complaint and notice of investigation to include Charles Amash 
Imports, Inc., d/b/a Grip On Tools (Grip On), as a respondent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: P. N. Smithey, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 202-
205-3061. General information concerning the Commission also may be 
obtained by accessing its Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov). 
Hearing-impaired individuals can obtain information concerning this 
matter by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 28, 1998, Leatherman Tool Group, 
Inc., filed a complaint with the Commission alleging violations of 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the 
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the 
sale within the United States after importation of certain compact 
multipurpose tools that infringe claims of three U.S. design patents.
    The Commission instituted the investigation on September 30, 1998. 
Five firms were named as respondents. See 63 FR 52287 (Sept. 30, 1998); 
19 U.S.C. 1337(b)(1); and 19 CFR 210.10(b).
    On November 2, 1998, complainant Leatherman moved to add Grip On as 
a respondent, owing to that firm's importation and sale of tools that 
are the subject of the investigation. (Motion No. 416-2.)
    On November 10, 1998, the Commission investigative attorney filed a 
response supporting the motion. No other party responded to the motion.
    On November 19, 1998, the ALJ issued the ID (Order No. 5) granting 
the motion pursuant to 19 CFR 210.14(b)(1). No party petitioned for 
review of the ID pursuant to 19 CFR 210.43(a), and the Commission found 
no basis for ordering a review on its own initiative pursuant to 19 CFR 
210.44. The ID thus became the determination of the Commission pursuant 
to 19 CFR 210.42(h)(3).
    All nonconfidential documents filed in the investigation--including 
the ID, the motion to add Grip On, and the Commission investigative 
attorney's response--are or will be available for public inspection 
during official business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the 
Commission's Office of the Secretary, Dockets Branch, 500 E Street, 
SW., Room 112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 202-205-1802.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: December 14, 1998.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 98-33583 Filed 12-17-98; 8:45 am]
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