[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37516-37517]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16485]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1098]


Certain Subsea Telecommunication Systems and Components Thereof; 
Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial Determination 
Granting a Motion for Leave To Amend the Complaint and Notice of 
Investigation To Reflect a Corporate Name Change

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 not to review an initial determination 
(``ID'') (Order No. 21) of the presiding administrative law judge 
(``ALJ''), granting complainant's unopposed motion for leave to amend 
the complaint and notice of investigation to reflect the corporate name 
change of complainant Neptune Subsea Acquisitions Ltd. to Xtera Topco 
Ltd.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amanda Pitcher Fisherow, Esq., Office 
of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E 
Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2737. 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 https://www.usitc.gov. The public record for this investigation may be viewed 
on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://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: The Commission instituted this investigation 
on January 26, 2018, based on a complaint, as supplemented, filed on 
behalf of Neptune Subsea Acquisitions Ltd. of the United Kingdom; 
Neptune Subsea IP Ltd. of the United Kingdom; and Xtera, Inc. of Allen, 
Texas (``complainants''). 83 FR 3370 (Jan. 26, 2018). The complaint, as 
supplemented, alleges violations of Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (``section 337''), based upon the 
importation into the United States,

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the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after 
importation of certain subsea telecommunication systems and components 
thereof by reason of infringement of one or more claims of U.S. Patent 
No. 8,380,068; U.S. Patent No. 7,860,403; U.S. Patent No. 8,971,171; 
U.S. Patent No. 8,351,798; and U.S. Patent No. 8,406,637. The complaint 
further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as 
required by section 337. The Notice of Investigation named Nokia 
Corporation of Espoo, Finland; Nokia Solutions and Networks B.V. of 
Hoofddorp, The Netherlands; Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy of Espoo, 
Finland; Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks SAS of Boulogne-Billancourt, 
France; Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC of Phoenix, Arizona; NEC 
Corporation of Tokyo, Japan; NEC Networks & System Integration 
Corporation of Tokyo, Japan; and NEC Corporation of America of Irving, 
Texas as respondents. The Office of Unfair Import Investigations was 
named as a party in this investigation.
    On May 30, 2018, the complainants filed an unopposed motion for 
leave to amend the complaint and notice of investigation to reflect a 
corporate name change of one of the complainants from Neptune Subsea 
Acquisitions Ltd. to Xtera Topco Ltd.
    On July 10, 2018, the ALJ issued the subject ID, granting 
complainants' unopposed motion. The ALJ found that good cause exists to 
amend the complaint and notice of investigation and that there was no 
evidence that the proposed amendment would harm the public interest or 
prejudice to the parties in the investigation. No petitions for review 
were filed.
    The Commission has determined not to review the ID.
    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.

    Issued: July 27, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-16485 Filed 7-31-18; 8:45 am]
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