[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 187 (Tuesday, September 28, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59745-59746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24242]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-738]


In the Matter of: Certain Components for Installation of Marine 
Autopilots With GPS or IMU; 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 August 26, 2010, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
American GNC of Simi Valley, California. An amended complaint was filed 
on September 16, 2010. 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 installation of marine autopilots with GPS or 
IMU by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 
6,596,976 (``the `976 patent''). The amended complaint further alleges 
that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection 
(a)(2) of section 337.
    The complainant requests that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order 
and cease and desist orders.

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: Anne Goalwin, Esq., Office of Unfair 
Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 
(202) 205-2574.
    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 (2010).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the amended complaint, 
the U.S. International Trade Commission, on September 21, 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 components 
for installation of marine autopilots with GPS or IMU that infringe one 
or more of claims 2, 5, 10-13, 28, 30, 54, and 55 of the `976 patent, 
and whether an industry in the United States exists as required by 
subsection (a)(2) of section 337;
    (2) Pursuant to Commission Rule 210.50(b)(1), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), 
the presiding administrative law judge shall take evidence or other 
information and hear arguments from the parties and other interested 
persons with respect to the public interest in this investigation, as 
appropriate, and provide the Commission with findings of fact on this 
issue;
    (3) 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:
American GNC, 888 Easy Street, Simi Valley, CA 93065.
    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the amended 
complaint is to be served:
Furuno Electronics Co., Ltd., 9-52 Ashibara-cho, Nishinomiya City, 
Hyogo 662-8530, Japan.
Furuno U.S.A. Inc., 4400 NW Pacific Rim Boulevard, Camas, WA 98607, 
Navico Holdings AS.
Strandvelen 18, Lysaker, Norway.
Navico UK, Ltd., Premier Way, Abbey Park, Romsey Hampshire, United 
Kingdom 50519DM.

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Navico, Inc., 410 Amherst Street, Suite 110, Nashua, NH 03063.
Flir Systems, Inc., 27700A SW Parkway Avenue, Wilsonville, OR 97070.
Raymarine UK Ltd., Marine House, 5 Harbourgate, Southampton Road.
Portsmouth Hampshire, PO6 4QB, United Kingdom.
Raymarine Inc., 21 Manchester Street, Merrimack, NH 03054.
    (c) The Commission investigative attorney, party to this 
investigation, is Anne Goalwin, Esq., Office of Unfair Import 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 
Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
    (4) 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)-(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 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 the respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: September 22, 2010.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2010-24242 Filed 9-27-10; 8:45 am]
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