[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14467-14468]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6617]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-707]


In the Matter of: Certain Dynamic Random Access Memory 
Semiconductors and Products Containing Same, Including Memory Modules; 
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 February 19, 2010, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Infineon Technologies AG of Germany and Infineon Technologies North 
America Corp. of Milpitas, California. An amendment to the complaint 
was filed on March 12, 2010. The 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 dynamic random access memory semiconductors and 
products containing same, including memory modules, by reason of 
infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,480,051; 
5,422,309; 5,397,664; and 7,071,074. The 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 and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order 
and 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, 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

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Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juan S. Cockburn, Esq., Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone (202) 205-2572.

    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 complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on March 18, 2010, 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 semiconductors or products containing the same, 
including memory modules that infringe one or more of claims 1-16 of 
U.S. Patent No. 5,480,051; claims 1-19 of U.S. Patent No. 5,422,309; 
claims 6-9 and 11 of U.S. Patent No. 5,397,664; and claims 1-20 of U.S. 
Patent No. 7,071,074, 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:

Infineon Technologies AG, Am Campeon 1-12, D-85579 Neubiberg, Germany.
Infineon Technologies North America Corp., 640 N. McCarthy Blvd., 
Milpitas, CA 95035.

    (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:

Elpida Memory Inc., Sumitomo Seimei Yaesu Bldg. 3F, 2-1 Yaesu 2-chome, 
Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Elpida Memory (USA) Inc., 1175 Sonora Ct., Sunnyvale, CA 94086.
Rexchip Electronics Corporation, No. 429-1, Sanfong Rd., Houli 
Township, Taichung County, Central Taiwan Science Park, Taiwan.
Kingston Technology Company Inc., 17600 Newhope Street, Fountain 
Valley, CA 92708.
Kingston Technology (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., No. 1, Yinglun Road, Pudong 
New District, Shanghai, Shanghai 200131, China.
Kingston Technology Far East Co. Ltd., No. 1-5, Li-Hsin Road, I, 
Science Based, Industrial Park, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan.
Kingston Technology Far East (M) Sdn. Bhd., Plot 111-B Bayan Lepas 
Industrial Park, Lebuhraya Kampung Jawa, Bayan Lepas, Penang 11900, 
Malaysia.
Payton Technology Corp., 17665 Newhope St., Ste B, Fountain Valley, CA 
92708.
A-Data Technology Co., Ltd., 18F., No. 258, Lian Cheng Rd., Chung Ho 
City, 235 Taipei, Taiwan.
A-Data Technology (USA) Co. Ltd., 17101 Gale Ave., Hacienda Height, CA 
91745.
Apacer Technology, Inc., 4F, 75, Sec. 1, Xintai 5th Rd., Xizhi City, 
221 Taipei County, Taiwan.
Apacer Memory America Inc., 386 Fairview Way, Suite 102, Milpitas, CA 
95035.
Buffalo Inc., 15, Shibata hondori 4-chome, Minami-ku, Nagoya, 457-8520, 
Japan.
Buffalo Technology (USA), Inc., 11100 Metric Boulevard, Suite 750, 
Austin, TX 78758.
Corsair Memory, 46221 Landing Parkway, Fremont, CA 94538.
Corsair Memory (Taiwan), A-1, 5th Floor, 5 Hangsiang Road, Dayuan 
Township, Tao Yuan County 33747, Taiwan.
Mushkin Inc., 317 Inverness Way South, Suite 130, Englewood, CO 80112.
Mushkin APAC, B-13-9, Megan Avenue II, No. 12, Jalan Yap Kwan Seng, 
50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Transcend Information Inc., No. 70, XingZhong Rd., NeiHu Dist., Taipei, 
Taiwan.
Transcend USA, 1645 North Brian Street, Orange, CA 92867.

    (c) The Commission investigative attorney, party to this 
investigation, is Juan S. Cockburn, 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 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)-(e) 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 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 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 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 the respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: March 22, 2010.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-6617 Filed 3-24-10; 8:45 am]
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