[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72442-72444]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30186]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-814]


Certain Automotive GPS Navigation Systems, Components Thereof, 
and Products Containing Same Institution of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S.

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International Trade Commission on October 21, 2011, under section 337 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Beacon Navigation GmbH of Switzerland. A letter supplementing the 
complaint was filed on November 8, 2011. The complaint, as 
supplemented, 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 automotive 
GPS navigation systems, components thereof, and products containing 
same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 
6,374,180 (``the '180 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,178,380 (``the '380 
patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,029,111 (``the '111 patent''); and U.S. 
Patent No. 5,862,511 (``the '511 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 exclusion orders 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 Commission's 
electronic docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The Office of Unfair Import 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone (202) 
205-2560.

    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 (2011).

    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on November 17, 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 automotive 
GPS navigation systems, components thereof, and products containing 
same that infringe one or more of claims 1-4, 7-9, and 15 of the '180 
patent; claims 1-4, 18-21, and 25-31 of the '380 patent; claims 1-3, 5, 
10-12, and 17-21 of the '111 patent; and claims 1 and 3 of the '511 
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 and a 
recommended determination on this issue, which shall be limited to the 
statutory public interest factors, 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1), (f)(1),(g)(1), 
and shall not include the other issues raised by certain of the 
respondents in their responses to the Commission's Notice of Receipt of 
Complaint; Solicitation of Comments Relating to the Public Interest (76 
FR 66750);
    (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: Beacon Navigation GmbH, c/o Acton Treuhand 
AG, Innere G[uuml]terstrasse 4, 6304 Zug, Switzerland.
    (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:

Audi AG, Ettinger Strasse, D-85045, Ingolstadt, Germany; Audi of 
America, Inc., 3800 W. Hamlin Road, Auburn Hills, MI 48326;
Audi of America, LLC, 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Dr., Herndon, VA 20171;
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, Petuelring 130, D-80788, Munich, 
Germany;
BMW of North America, LLC, 300 Chestnut Ridge Rd., Woodcliff Lake, 
NJ 07677;
BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, 1400 Hwy. 101 S., Greer, SC 29651-6731;
Chrysler Group LLC, 1000 Chrysler Drive, Auburn Hills, MI 48326;
Ford Motor Company, One American Road, Dearborn, MI 48126;
General Motors Company, 300 Renaissance Center, Detroit, MI 48265;
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., 1-1, 2-chome, Minami-Aoyama, Minato-ku, Tokyo 
107-8556, Japan;
Honda North America, Inc., 700 Van Ness Ave., Torrance, CA 90501;
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 1919 Torrance Blvd., Torrance, CA 
90501;
Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC, 1800 Honda Drive, Lincoln, AL 
35096;
Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC, 2755 North Michigan Ave., 
Greensburg, IN 47240;
Honda of America Mfg., Inc., 24000 Honda Pkwy., Marysville, OH 
43040;
Hyundai Motor Company, 231 Yangjae-Dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137-938, 
South Korea;
Hyundai Motor America, 10550 Talbert Ave., Fountain Valley, CA 
92708;
Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC, 700 Hyundai Blvd., 
Montgomery, AL 36105;
Kia Motors Corp. 231 Yangjae-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul 137-938, South 
Korea;
Kia Motors America, Inc., 111 Peters Canyon Rd., Irvine, CA 92606;
Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc., 7777 Kia Parkway, West 
Point, GA 31833;
Mazda Motor Corporation, 3-1 Shinchi, Fuchu-cho, Aki-gun, Hiroshima 
730-8670, Japan;
Mazda Motor of America, Inc., 7755 Irvine Center Dr., Irvine, CA 
92623;
Daimler AG, Mercedesstrasse 137, 70327 Stuttgart, Germany;
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC, One Mercedes Dr., Montvale, NJ 07645;
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International, Inc., One Mercedes Dr., Vance, AL 
35490;
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., 1-1, Takashima 1-chome, Nishi-ku, Yokohama-
shi, Kanagawa 220-8686, Japan;
Nissan North America, Inc., One Nissan Way, Franklin, TN 37067;
Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Porscheplatz 1, D-70435 Stuttgart, 
Germany;
Porsche Cars North America, Inc., 980 Hammond Dr., Ste. 1000, 
Atlanta, GA 30328;
Saab Automobile AB, 461 80 Trollhattan, Sweden;
Saab Cars North America, Inc., 4327 Delemere Ct., Royal Oak, MI 
48073;
Suzuki Motor Corporation, 300 Takatsuka-cho, Minami-ku, Hamamatsu 
City, 432-8611, Japan;
American Suzuki Motor Corporation, 3251 E. Imperial Hwy., Brea, CA 
92821;
Jaguar Land Rover North America, LLC, 555 MacArthur Blvd., Mahwah, 
NJ 07430;
Jaguar Cars Limited, Abbey Road, Whitley, Coventry CV3 4LF, United 
Kingdom;
Land Rover, Banbury Road, Gaydon, Warwickshire, CV35 0RR, United 
Kingdom;
Toyota Motor Corporation, 1 Toyota-cho, Toyota City, Aichi 
Prefecture 471-8571, Japan;
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., 19001 S. Western Avenue, Torrance, 
CA 90501;
Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 19001 S. Western Avenue, Torrance, 
CA 90501;
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., 25 
Atlantic Avenue, Erlanger, KY 41018;
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Indiana, Inc., 4000 Tulip Tree Drive, 
Princeton, IN 47670;

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Kentucky, Inc., 1001 Cherry Blossom Way, 
Georgetown, KY 40324;
Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Mississippi, Inc., 1200 Magnolia Way, 
Blue Springs, MS 38828;
Volkswagen AG, Brieffach 1849, Wolfsburg, 38436, Germany;
Volkswagen Group of America, Inc., 2200 Ferdinand Porsche Dr., 
Herndon, VA 20171;
Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC, 2200 
Ferdinand Porsche Dr., Herndon, VA 20171;
Volvo Car Corporation, 405 31 Goteborg, Sweden;
Volvo Cars of North America, LLC, 1 Volvo Dr., Rockleigh, NJ 07647.

    (c) The 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 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: November 17, 2011.
James R. Holbein,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2011-30186 Filed 11-22-11; 8:45 a.m.]
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