[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 21 (Thursday, January 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6837-6838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02065]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-866]


Certain Wireless Communications Equipment and Articles Therein; 
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. International Trade Commission on December 21, 2012, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. Sec.  1337, on 
behalf of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Seoul, Republic of Korea and 
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC of Richardson, Texas. A letter 
supplementing the complaint was filed on January 10, 2013. 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 wireless communications 
equipment and articles therein by reason of infringement of U.S. Patent 
No. 7,782,749 (``the `749 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,165,081 (``the 
`081 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,208,438 (``the `438 patent''); U.S. 
Patent No. 8,228,827 (``the `827 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,617,929 
(``the `929 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 6,767,813 (``the `813 patent''); 
U.S. Patent No. 6,865,682 (``the `682 patent''). The complaint further 
alleges that an industry in the United States exists or is in the 
process of being established 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 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 (2012).

    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on January 24, 2013, 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 wireless 
communications equipment and articles therein by reason of infringement 
of one or more of claims 1-13 of the `749 patent; claims 1, 4, 9, and 
12 of the `081 patent; claims 1-14 of the `438 patent; claims 1-8 of 
the `827 patent; claims 1-8 of the `929 patent; claims 1-3, 5-12, and 
14-23 of the `813 patent; and claims 1, 2, 4, and 8 of the `682 patent, 
and whether an industry in the United States exists or is in the 
process of being established 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);
    (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 complainants are:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Main Building, 250, Taepyung-ro 
2-ka, Chung-ku, Seoul 100-742, Republic of Korea.
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, 1301 East Lookout Drive, 
Richardson, TX 75082.
    (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:

Ericsson Inc., 6300 Legacy Drive, Plano, TX 75024.
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, Torshamnsgatan 23, Kista, Stockholm, 
Sweden 164 83.
    (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),

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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 therefore 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 25, 2013.
Lisa R. Barton,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
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