[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4205-4206]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01326]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-1350]


Certain Integrated Circuits, Components Thereof, and Products 
Containing the Same; 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.

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International Trade Commission on December 12, 2022, under section 337 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Realtek 
Semiconductor Corporation of Taiwan. An amended complaint was filed on 
December 23, 2022. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on 
January 17, 2023. The amended complaint, as supplemented, 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 integrated circuits, components thereof, 
and products containing the same by reason of the infringement of 
certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,936,245 (``the '245 patent''); U.S. 
Patent No. 8,006,218 (``the '218 patent''); and U.S. Patent No. 
9,590,582 (``the '582 patent''). The amended complaint, as 
supplemented, further alleges that an industry in the United States 
exists 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 a cease and desist 
order.

ADDRESSES: The amended 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 the 
Secretary, Dockets Services Division, U.S. International Trade 
Commission, (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 amended complaint, 
the U.S. International Trade Commission, on January 18, 2023, 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, 2, and 8 of the '245 patent; claims 12-18 of the '218 patent; 
and claims 1-4 and 9 of the '582 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 ``central processing 
units (`CPUs'), graphics processing units (`GPUs'), server processors, 
embedded processors, I/O processors, systems-on-chip (`SoCs'), Field 
Programmable Gate Arrays, chipsets, Accelerated Processing Units, and 
components of each'';
    (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: Realtek Semiconductor Corporation, No. 2, 
Innovation Road II, Hsinchu 300, Taiwan.
    (b) The respondent is the following entity alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and is the party upon which the amended 
complaint is to be served: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 2485 Augustine 
Drive, Santa Clara, CA 95054.
    (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 amended complaint and the notice of investigation 
must be submitted by the named respondent 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 amended 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 19, 2023.
Katherine Hiner,
Acting Secretary to the Commission.
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