[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 56 (Thursday, March 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15959-15960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06199]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1227]


Certain Routers, Access Points, Controllers, Network Management 
Devices, Other Networking Products, and Hardware and Software 
Components Thereof; Commission Determination Not To Review an Initial 
Determination Granting Complainant's Motion To Amend the Complaint and 
the Notice of Investigation

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. 15) of the presiding administrative law judge 
(``ALJ'') granting the complainant's motion to amend the complaint and 
the notice of investigation to change the name of a respondent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the 
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 
Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-2392. Copies of non-
confidential documents filed in connection with this investigation may 
be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email 
[email protected]. General information concerning the Commission may 
also be obtained by accessing its internet server at https://www.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: On October 28, 2020, the Commission 
instituted this investigation under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 (``section 337''), based on a 
complaint filed by Q3 Networking LLC of Frisco, Texas (``Q3''). 85 FR 
68367-68 (Oct. 28, 2020). The complaint alleges a violation 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 routers, access points, controllers, network management 
devices, other networking products, and hardware and software 
components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. 
Patent Nos. 7,457,627; 7,609,677; 7,895,305; and 8,797,853. The

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complaint also alleges the existence of a domestic industry. The notice 
of investigation names as respondents: CommScope Holding Company, Inc. 
of Hickory, North Carolina; CommScope, Inc. of Hickory, North Carolina; 
Arris US Holdings, Inc. of Suwanee, Georgia; Ruckus Wireless, Inc. of 
Sunnyvale, California; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. of Palo Alto, 
California; Aruba Networks, Inc. of Santa Clara, California; and 
Netgear, Inc. of San Jose, California. Id. at 68368. The Commission's 
Office of Unfair Import Investigations is not named as a party in this 
investigation. Id.
    On February 4, 2021, complainant Q3 filed a motion to ``amend the 
Complaint and Notice of Investigation to correct the corporate name of 
Respondent Aruba Networks, Inc. to Respondent Aruba Networks, LLC.'' 
Mot. at 1. The motion states that respondents do not oppose the motion. 
Id. No response was filed.
    On March 5, 2021, the ALJ issued the subject ID (Order No. 15) 
pursuant to Commission Rule 210.14(b)(1), 19 CFR 210.14(b)(1), granting 
complainant's motion. The ID finds that good cause exists to correct 
the name of respondent Aruba Networks, Inc. to Aruba Networks, LLC. ID 
at 2 (citations omitted). The ID further finds that this amendment 
would not prejudice the public interest or the rights of the parties to 
the investigation. Id. No party petitioned for review of the ID.
    The Commission has determined not to review the subject ID. Named 
respondent Aruba Networks, Inc. is corrected to Aruba Networks, LLC.
    The Commission vote for this determination took place on March 22, 
2021.
    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: March 22, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-06199 Filed 3-24-21; 8:45 am]
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