[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 23 (Thursday, February 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6200-6201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02307]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1297]


Certain Video Processing Devices, Components Thereof, and Digital 
Smart Televisions Containing the Same II; Institution of Investigation

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

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November 24, 2021, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, on behalf of DivX, LLC of San Diego, California. The complaint 
was supplemented by letter on December 7, 2021, and an amended 
complaint was filed on December 28, 2021. The complaint, as amended, 
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 video processing devices, 
components thereof, and digital smart televisions containing the same 
by reason of infringement of one or more claims of U.S. Patent No. 
8,832,297 (``the '297 patent'') and U.S. Patent No. 8,472,792 (``the 
'792 patent''). The amended complaint further alleges that an industry 
in the United States exists or is in the process of being established 
as required by the applicable Federal Statute.
    The complainant requests that the Commission institute an 
investigation and, after the investigation, issue a limited exclusion 
order and cease and desist orders.

ADDRESSES: The complaint, as amended, except for any confidential 
information contained therein, may be viewed on the Commission's 
electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing 
EDIS, please email [email protected]. 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 https://www.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Mullan, Office of Docket 
Services, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone (202) 205-
1802.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is 
contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 
U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2021).
    Scope of investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on January 28, 2022, 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 products 
identified in paragraph (2) by reason of infringement of one or more of 
claims 1-11 and 14-17 of the '297 patent and claims 15-23 of the '792 
patent, and whether an industry in the United States exists as required 
by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;
    (2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language 
description of the accused products or category of accused products, 
which defines the scope of the investigation, is ``certain video 
processing devices, components thereof, and digital smart televisions 
containing the same, including printed circuit board assemblies for use 
in video processing in digital smart televisions and associated 
software and/or firmware'';
    (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 complainant is:

DivX, LLC, 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 950, San Diego, 
California 92122

    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the amended 
complaint is to be served:

TCL Technology Group Corporation, TCL Technology Building No. 17, 
Huifeng 3rd Road, Zhongkai High-Tech Development District, Huizhou, 
Guangdong, 516006, China
TCL Electronics Holdings Limited, 9 Floor, TCL Electronics Holdings 
Limited Building, TCL International E City, #1001 Zhongshan Park Road, 
Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518067, China
TTE Technology, Inc., 1860 Compton Avenue, Corona, CA 92881, Shenzhen 
TCL New Technologies Co. Ltd., 9 Floor, TCL Electronics Holdings 
Limited Building, TCL International E City, #1001 Zhongshan Park Road, 
Nanshan District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518067, China
TCL King Electrical Appliances (Huizhou) Co. Ltd., No. 78, 4th Huifeng 
Rd, Zhongkai New & High-Tech Industries, Development Zone, Huizhou, 
Guangdong, 516006, China
TCL MOKA International Limited, 7/F Hong Kong Science Park, Building 22 
E, 22 Science Park East Avenue, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong
TCL Smart Device (Vietnam) Co., Ltd, No. 26 VSIP II-A, Street 32, 
Vietnam Singapore Industrial Park II-A, Tan Binh Commune, Bac Tan Uyen 
District, Binh Duong Province, 75000, Vietnam; and

    (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the 
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
    The Office of Unfair Import Investigations will not be 
participating as a party in this investigation.
    Responses to the amended 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(e) and 210.13(a), as amended in 85 FR 
15798 (March 19, 2020), such responses will be considered by the 
Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of service 
by the complainant of the complaint and the notice of investigation. 
Extensions of time for submitting responses to the amended 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 amended complaint and in this notice may be deemed to 
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations 
of the amended 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 amended 
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.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: January 31, 2022.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-02307 Filed 2-2-22; 8:45 am]
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