[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 184 (Friday, September 21, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 47938]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-20537]
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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
Amending the Complaint and Notice of Investigation To Add Nokia of
America Corporation as a Respondent
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. 30) of the presiding administrative law judge
(``ALJ'') amending the complaint and notice of investigation to add
Nokia of America Corporation as a respondent in the investigation.
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 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: 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 (collectively, ``complainants''). 83 FR 3770 (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, 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, as originally filed, 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 March 19, 2018, the ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 9) to correct
the name of respondent Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks SAS to Alcatel
Submarine Networks and terminate then respondents Nokia Solutions and
Networks B.V., Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, and Nokia Solutions and
Networks US LLC from the investigation. The Commission determined not
to review this ID. Notice (April 17, 2018).
On July 10, 2018, the ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 21) to reflect
the corporate name change of complainant Neptune Subsea Acquisitions
Ltd. to Xtera Topco Ltd. The Commission determined not to review this
ID. Notice (July 27, 2018).
On August 27, 2018, the ALJ issued the subject ID amending the
complaint and notice of investigation to add Nokia of America
Corporation as a respondent in the investigation. No petitions for
review were filed.
The Commission has determined not to review the ID. Nokia of
America Corporation, of 600 Mountain Avenue, New Providence, New Jersey
07974-2008, is now a respondent in the investigation.
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: September 17, 2018.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2018-20537 Filed 9-20-18; 8:45 am]
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