[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 14, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14936-14937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6341]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-452]


In the Matter of Certain Personal Watercraft and Components 
Thereof; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: International Trade Commission.

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 February 6, 2001, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, dba Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd. of 
Iwata, Japan and Sanshin Kohyo Kabushiki Kaisha, dba Sanshin Industries 
Company, Ltd. of Hamamatsu, Japan. A supplement to the complaint was 
filed on February 26, 2001. 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 personal watercraft and components thereof by 
reason of infringement of claims 1-5 and 9-12 of U.S. Letters Patent 
5,752,867; claims 1, 2, 3, 8, 11, 15, 18, 19, 21, 22, 41, 42, and 43 of 
U.S. Letters Patent 5,490,474; claims 1-11 of U.S. Letters Patent 
5,619,950; claims 23-27 and 36-40 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,234,364; 
claims 19-24 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,572,943; claims 1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 
16, 17, 19, 20, and 21 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,699,749; claim 9 of 
U.S. Letters Patent 5,550,337; claim 24 of U.S. Letters Patent 
4,811,560; claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,813,898; claims 23, 40, and 
41 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,390,621; and claims 1-9 of U. S. Letters 
Patent 4,949,684. The complaint further alleges that there exists an 
industry in the United States as required by subsection (a)(2) of 
section 337.
    The complainants request that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after the investigation, issue a permanent exclusion 
order and a permanent 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-ON-LINE) at http://dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T. Spence Chubb, Esq., Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone 202-205-2575.

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 (2000).

Scope of Investigation

    Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, on March 8, 2001, 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 personal 
watercraft or components thereof by reason of infringement of claims 1-
5 or 9-12 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,752,867; claims 1-3, 8, 11, 15, 18, 
19, 21, 22, 41, 42, or 43 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,490,474; claims 1-11 
of U.S. Letters Patent 5,619,950; claims 23-27 or 36-40 of U.S. Letters 
Patent 5,234,364; claims 19-24 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,572,943; claims 
1, 2, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, or 21 of U.S. Letters Patent 
5,699,749; claim 9 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,550,337; claim 24 of U.S. 
Letters Patent 4,811,560; claim 1 of U.S. Letters Patent 4,813,898; 
claims 23, 40, or 41 of U.S. Letters Patent 5,390,621; or claims 1-9 of 
U. S. Letters Patent 4,949,684; 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 complainants are--

Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha, dba Yamaha Motor Company, Ltd., 2500 
Shingai, Iwata, Shizuoka 438-8501, Japan

Sanshin Kohyo Kabushiki Kaisha, dba Sanshin Industries Company, Ltd., 
1400 Nipashi, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka 432-8528, Japan

    (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:

Bombardier Inc., 800 Rene-Levesque Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec, Canada 
H3B 1Y8

Bombardier Motor Corporation of America, 7575 Bombardier Court, P.O. 
Box 8035, Wausau, Wisconsin 54402-8035

    (c) T. Spence Chubb, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 401-F, 
Washington, DC 20436, who shall be the Commission investigative 
attorney, party to this investigation; and
    (3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Debra 
Morriss 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 19 CFR 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such responses will be 
considered by the Commission if received no later than 20 days after 
the date of service by the Commission of the complaint and 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

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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: March 9, 2001.

By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
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