[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58132-58133]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20607]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-1331]


Certain Outdoor and Semi-Outdoor Electronic Displays, Products 
Containing Same, and Components Thereof; 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 August 19, 2022, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Manufacturing 
Resources International, Inc. of Alpharetta, Georgia. The complaint 
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 outdoor and semi-outdoor electronic 
displays, products containing same, and components thereof by reason of 
the infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,854,595 (``the 
'595 Patent''); U.S. Patent No. 9,173,322 (``the '322 Patent''); U.S. 
Patent No. 9,629,287 (``the '287 Patent''); U.S. Patent No. 10,506,740 
(``the '740 Patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 11,013,142 (``the '142 
Patent''). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United 
States exists as required by the applicable

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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, 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 (2022).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on September 19, 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, 4, 7, and 8 of the '595 patent; claims 4, 5, 8, 9, 12, 13, 
and 16 of the '322 patent; claims 1, 4, 8-12, 15, and 21-23 of the '287 
patent; claims 1, 5, and 6 of the '740 patent; and claims 1-15 of the 
'142 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 ``outdoor and semi-
outdoor electronic displays, products containing same (housings, 
enclosures, kiosks, and menu boards), and component thereof (systems 
for cooling electronic displays)'';
    (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: Manufacturing Resources International, 
Inc., 6415 Shiloh Road East, Alpharetta, GA 30005.
    (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
is to be served:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 129 Samsung ro (Maetan-dong), Yeongtong-
gu Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do 16677 Republic of Korea.
Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 85 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, 
New Jersey 07660.
Samsung SDS Co. Ltd., 125-35-Gil, Olympic-ro Songpa-gu, Seoul, 138-240 
Korea, Republic of Korea 05510.
Samsung SDS America, Inc., 100 Challenger Road, Ridgefield Park, New 
Jersey 07660.
Coates Signco Pty Limited, 36 Doody Street, Alexandria, NSW 2015, 
Sydney, Australia.
Coates Visual LLC, 112 N May St, 2nd Fl, Chicago, Illinois 60607.
Industrial Enclosure Corporation, d/b/a Palmer Digital Group, 619 N. 
Loucks Street, Aurora, Illinois 60505.

    (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 participate as 
a party in this investigation.
    Responses to the 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 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 complaint and in this notice may be deemed to 
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations 
of the 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 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: September 19, 2022.
Katherine Hiner,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2022-20607 Filed 9-22-22; 8:45 am]
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