[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 5, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8191-8192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-02473]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-868]


Certain Wireless Devices With 3G and/or 4G Capabilities and 
Components Thereof; Institution of Investigation Pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 
1337

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 January 2, 2013, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
InterDigital Communications, Inc. of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; 
InterDigital Technology Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware; IPR 
Licensing, Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware; and InterDigital Holdings, 
Inc. of Wilmington, Delaware. 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 devices with 3G and/or 4G capabilities 
and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of 
U.S. Patent No. 7,190,966 (``the `966 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 
7,286,847 (``the `847 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 8,009,636 (``the `636 
patent''); U.S. Patent No. 7,706,830 (``the `830 patent''); U.S. Patent 
No. 7,941,151 (``the `151 patent''); U.S. Patent No. 7,616,970 (``the 
`970 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 7,502,406 (``the `406 patent''). 
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 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 30, 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 
devices with 3G and/or 4G capabilities and components thereof by reason 
of infringement of one or more of claims 1, 3, and 6-12 of the `996 
patent; claims 1-3 and 5-11 of the `847 patent; claims 1-18 of the `970 
patent; claims 1-6, 8, 9, 16-21, 23, and 24 of the `151 patent; claims 
1-3, 5-8, 10, 16-18, 20-23, and 25 of the `830 patent; claims 1-4, 6-9, 
and 29-31 of the `636 patent; and claims 1, 2, 6-9, 13, 15, 16, 20-22, 
26, 28-30, 34-36, and 40 of the `406 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);
    (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:

InterDigital Communications, Inc., 781 Third Avenue, King of Prussia, 
PA 19406
InterDigital Technology Corporation, 200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300, 
Wilmington, DE 19809
IPR Licensing, Inc., 200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300, Wilmington, DE 
19809

InterDigital Holdings, Inc., 200 Bellevue Parkway, Suite 300, 
Wilmington, DE 19809

    (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:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 416 Maetan-3dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-
city, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea 443-742
Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 105 Challenger Road, Ridgefield 
Park, NJ 07660
Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, 1301 East Lookout Drive, 
Richardson, TX 75082
Nokia Corporation, Keilalahdentie 2-4, FIN-00045 Group, Espoo, Finland
Nokia Inc., 102 Corporate Park Drive, White Plains, NY 10604
ZTE Corporation, ZTE Plaza, No. 55 Hi-Tech Road South, Shenzhen, 
Guangdong Province 518057, China
ZTE (USA) Inc., 2425 N. Central Expressway, Suite 600, Richardson, TX 
75080
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Bantian, Longgang District, Shenzhen, 
Guangdong Province 518129, China

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Huawei Device USA, Inc., 5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 600, 
Plano, TX 75024
Future Wei Technologies, Inc., d/b/a Huawei Technologies (USA), 5700 
Tennyson Parkway, Suite 500, Plano, TX 75024

    (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.

     Issued: January 30, 2013.

    By order of the Commission.
Lisa R. Barton,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2013-02473 Filed 2-4-13; 8:45 am]
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