[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 86 (Tuesday, May 5, 2015)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-10420]



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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-055; Investigation No. 337-TA-087; 
Investigation No. 337-TA-105; Investigation No. 337-TA-112; 
Investigation No. 337-TA-287; Investigation No. 337-TA-295]


Certain Novelty Glasses; Certain Coin-Operated Audio Visual Games 
and Components Thereof; Certain Coin-Operated Audio Visual Games and 
Components Thereof (Viz., Rally-X and Pac-Man); Certain Cube Puzzles; 
Certain Strip Lights; Certain Novelty Teleidoscopes; Notice of 
Commission Determination To Rescind Three Exclusion Orders and To 
Modify Three Exclusion Orders

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade 
Commission has determined to rescind the exclusion orders issued in the 
following investigations: Certain Novelty Glasses, Inv. No. 337-TA-055, 
Exclusion Order (July 11, 1979); Certain Strip Lights, Inv. No. 337-TA-
287, Exclusion Order (September 28, 1989) (``the 287 investigation''); 
and Certain Novelty Teleidoscopes, Inv. No. 337-TA-295, Exclusion Order 
(April 11, 1990) (``the 295 investigation''). The Commission has also 
modified the exclusion orders issued in the following investigations: 
Certain Coin-Operated Audio Visual Games and Components Thereof, Inv. 
No. 337-TA-087, Exclusion Order (June 25, 1981) (``the 087 
investigation''); Certain Coin-Operated Audio Visual Games and 
Components Thereof (Viz., Rally-X and PAC MAN), Inv. No. 337-TA-105, 
Exclusion Order (January 15, 1982) (``the 105 investigation''); and 
Certain Cube Puzzles, Inv. No. 337-TA-112 (``the 112 investigation'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clint Gerdine, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 708-2310. Copies of non-
confidential documents filed in connection with this investigation are 
or will be 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., Washington, DC 20436, 
telephone (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. 
Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on this matter 
can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 
205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') 
notified the Commission that the six above-identified exclusion orders 
may be candidates for rescission based on changed conditions of fact or 
law. Each of the above-identified exclusion orders issued over twenty 
(20) years ago and each resulted from a Commission investigation 
alleging a violation of section 337 based on at least trademark or 
trade dress infringement. CBP's preliminary investigation indicated 
that the trademarks or trade dress at issue in the exclusion orders 
were no longer used in commerce or that complainant had stopped making 
required compliance filings. See EDIS Document Nos. 542137-42.
    On October 22, 2014, the Commission issued a notice requesting 
submissions from the public, including the owners of the intellectual 
property (e.g., trademarks or trade dress) at issue, on whether these 
exclusion orders should be rescinded based on changed conditions of 
fact or law, or the public interest, pursuant to 19 CFR Sec.  210.76. 
79 FR 64214 (Oct. 28, 2014). The Commission received submissions from 
the owners of the intellectual property at issue in the 087, 105, and 
112 investigations showing continued use of the subject intellectual 
property. The Commission did not receive any submission from the owner 
of the intellectual property at issue in the 287 investigation. The 
owner of the intellectual property at issue in the 295 investigation 
stated that the subject intellectual property of the exclusion order 
was no longer used in commerce. The owner of the intellectual property 
at issue in the 055 investigation stated that it no longer wants the 
remedy of the exclusion order. The Commission received no other 
submissions.
    Based on the foregoing, the Commission has determined that the lack 
of a showing of continued use of the intellectual property at issue in 
the 287 and 295 investigations, and the lack of an interest in 
continuing the remedy in the 055 investigation constitute ``changed 
conditions of fact or law, or the public interest'' sufficient to 
justify rescission of the exclusion orders issued in those 
investigations pursuant to 19 CFR Sec.  210.76(a)(1). The Commission 
has therefore rescinded those exclusion orders.
    Also pursuant to Commission rule 210.76(a)(1), the Commission has 
modified the exclusion orders issued in Certain Coin-Operated Audio 
Visual Games and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-087; Certain Coin-
Operated Audio Visual Games and Components Thereof (Viz., Rally-X and 
PAC MAN), Inv. No. 337-TA-105; and Certain Cube Puzzles, Inv. No. 337-
TA-112 to require that complainant report to the Commission, on a semi-
annual basis, whether complainant is continuing to use the subject 
intellectual property in commerce.
    The authority for the Commission's determination is contained in 
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and 
in Part 210 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 
part 210.

By order of the Commission.
Lisa R. Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
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