[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2644-2645]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00614]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 337-TA-1386]


Certain Self-Balancing Electric Skateboards and Components 
Thereof; Notice of 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 December 5, 2023, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of Future Motion, 
Inc. of Santa Cruz, California. 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 self-balancing electric skateboards and 
components thereof by reason of the infringement of certain claims of 
U.S. Patent No. 9,400,505 (``the '505 patent''). The complaint 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 general exclusion order, or in the alternative a limited 
exclusion order, and cease and desist orders. A motion for temporary 
relief filed concurrently with the complaint requests that the 
Commission issue a temporary exclusion order prohibiting the 
importation into and the sale within the United States after 
importation of certain self-balancing electric skateboards and 
components thereof during the course of the Commission's investigation.

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: Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone (202) 205-2560.

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 (2023).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on January 9, 2024, 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, 4-6, 8-10, 13-15, and 17-19 of the '505 patent, and 
whether an industry in the United States exists as required by 
subsection (a)(2) of section 337;

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    (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 ``one-wheeled, self-
balancing electric skateboards that move in response to a rider's 
weight distribution on the board'';
    (3) Pursuant to section 210.58 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.58, the motion for temporary relief 
under subsection (e) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which 
was filed with the complaint, is provisionally accepted and referred to 
the presiding administrative law judge for investigation;
    (4) 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:

Future Motion, Inc., 1201 Shaffer Road, Santa Cruz, California 95060

    (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:

Floatwheel, 5th Tech Rd Industry Complex, Building 06 F27 15, Guilin 
City, GuangXi Province 546008, China
Changzhou Smilo Motors Co., Ltd., Guzhuang, Benniu Town, Xinbei 
District, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
Changzhou Gaea Technology Co., Ltd., Changxin Industrial Park, No. 218, 
Taishan Road, Xinbei District, Changzhou, Jiangsu, China
Shanghai Loyal Industry Co., Ltd., d/b/a ``SoverSky'', Room 204-192, 
500 Chuansha Road, Shanghai, China

    (c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International 
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
    (5) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative 
Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the 
presiding Administrative Law Judge.
    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: January 9, 2024.
Katherine Hiner,
Supervisory Attorney.
[FR Doc. 2024-00614 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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