[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54065-54066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25245]


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 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-689]


In the Matter of: Certain Dual Access Locks and Products 
Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. 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 September 15, 2009, under 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on 
behalf of Safe Skies, LLC of Brooklyn, New York and David Tropp of 
Brooklyn, New York. An amended complaint was filed on October 5, 2009. 
The amended 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 dual access 
locks and products containing same by reason of infringement of certain 
claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,021,537 and 7,036,728. The amended 
complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists 
as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
    The complainants request that the Commission institute an 
investigation

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and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and a cease and 
desist order.

ADDRESSES: The amended 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, 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 amended complaint, 
the U.S. International Trade Commission, on October 14, 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 dual access 
locks or products containing same that infringe one or more of claims 
1-21 of U.S. Patent No. 7,021,537 and claims 1-20 of U.S. Patent No. 
7,036,728, 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 complainants are--

Safe Skies, LLC, 165 Norfolk Street, Brooklyn, NY 11235
David Tropp, 165 Norfolk Street, Brooklyn, NY 11235

    (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:

C&C Luggage Manufacturing Co., Ltd., No. 1, Crown Road, The Second Ind. 
Park, Sanxiang, Zhongshan, Guangdong, China
Formosa Tai Rank Industrial Corp., Room 1102, 11th Floor, 328 Sung 
Chiang Road, Taipei, Taiwan, 104, Hangzhou Gema Suitcases & Bags Co., 
Ltd
M16-1-5 Hangshou Economic and Technologic Development Zone, Hangzhou, 
Zhejiang, China
La Pearl Luggage and Leather Goods Co., Ltd., No. 441, Xihuan Road, 
Jiangmen Guangdong, 529000 China
Hinomoto Jomae, Ltd. 1-19-19 Nishigahara, Kita-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
Sinox Company, Ltd. 3F, No. 2, Lane 93, Chien-1 Road, Chung-Ho City, 
Taipei Hsien, 235, Taiwan
Yi Feng Manufacturing, Co., Ltd. Zhangyang Zone, Shangmutou Town, 
Dongguan City, China 523637
Jin Tay Industries Co., Ltd. 486 Section 3, Ming Chih Road, Taishan 
Hsiang, Taipei Hsien, Taiwan
FULLYEAR-Brother Enterprise, Co., Ltd., 41-21, Guan Tso Street, Fu 
Shing, Changhwa Taiwan, 506
Zhuhai SkyGood Tech. Industrial Corp., Ltd., 4/F., 3rd Building, 30 
Nanwan Road (north), Nanping, Zhuhai, Guangdong, China
Ningbo Xianfeng Art & Craft Co., Ltd., Room B-303, Zhongshanyinzuo, No. 
579, Zhongshan East Road, Ningbo, China
Paloma Enterprises Co., Ltd., 3F, No. 1320, Chung-Cheng Road, Taoyun 
City, Taiwan
Tekraft Industrial Co., Ltd., Room 5E10, No. 5 Hsin Yi Road, Sec. 5, 
Taipei, Taiwan
Hangzhou Travelsky Co., Ltd., 1-6-G Guodu Development Building, 182 
Zhaohui Road, Hangshou, China
The Sun Lock Company Ltd., Room 5, Block C, 16/F, Hang Wai, Industrial 
Center, 6 Kin Tai Street, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong
Alloy Metal Manufactory, Ltd., Flat H, 3/F, On Ho Industrial Building, 
17-19 Shing Wan Road, Tai Wai, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong
Cometform, Ltd., Unit 24 Irving Way, Garrick Industrial Estate, Hendon, 
London NW9 6AQ, England
Design Go Ltd., Unit 1, Mill Hill Industrial Estate, Flower Lane, 
London NW7 2HU, England
Franzen International, S. Franzen Sohne GmbH, Fuerbachstrasse 8, D-
42719 Solingen, Germany
M-Power Lock Manufactory, Unit 2702, Modern Warehouse, 6 Shing Yip 
Street, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

    (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 amended 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 amended complaint 
and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting 
responses to the amended 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 amended complaint and in this notice may be deemed to 
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations 
of the amended 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 amended 
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.

    Issued: October 14, 2009.

    By order of the Commission.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. E9-25245 Filed 10-20-09; 8:45 am]
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