[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 2, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5824-5825]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-2216]


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 INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-758]


In the Matter of Certain Mobile Telephones and Modems; 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 December 28, 2010, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Sony Corporation of Japan. 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 mobile telephones and modems by reason of infringement of 
certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,311,092 (``the `092 patent''); U.S. 
Patent No. 5,907,604 (``the `604 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,263,205 
(``the `205 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,507,611 (``the `611 patent''); 
U.S. Patent No. 6,674,464 (``the `464 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 
7,839,477 (``the `477 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 6,674,732 (``the 
`732 patent''). The 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 a 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

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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: Mareesa A. Frederick, Esq., Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone (202) 205-2055. 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 complaint, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, on January 27, 2011, 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 mobile 
telephones and modems that infringe one or more of claims 1 and 2 of 
the `092 patent; claims 1 and 8 of the `604 patent; claims 7-10 of the 
`205 patent; claims 17, 18, 24, 25, 27, 32-34, 40, 41, 43, and 48 of 
the `611 patent; claims 1-3 of the `464 patent; claims 3, 4, 7, and 8 
of the `447 patent; and claims 2, 3, 6, and 7 of the `732 patent, 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 complainant is: Sony Corporation, 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku, 
Tokyo, 108-0075, Japan.
    (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:
    LG Electronics, Inc., LG Twin Towers, 20 Yeouido-dong Yeongdeungpo-
gu, Seoul, 150-721, South Korea;
    LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., 1000 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, 
NJ 07632;
    LG Electronics Mobilecomm U.S.A., Inc., 10101 Old Grove Road, San 
Diego, CA 92131.
    (c) The Commission investigative attorney, party to this 
investigation, is Mareesa A. Frederick, 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: January 27, 2011.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
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