[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 44 (Friday, March 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11549-11550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-03667]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337-TA-1441]
Certain Glass Substrates for Liquid Crystal Displays, Products
Containing the Same, and Methods for Manufacturing the Same; 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 January 31, 2025, under section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on behalf of company, city,
state or country. A supplement was filed on February 3, 2025. The
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
glass substrates for liquid crystal displays, products containing the
same, and methods for manufacturing the same by reason of the
infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,851,394 (``the '394
patent''), U.S. Patent No. 8,642,491 (``the '491 patent'') and U.S.
Patent No. 8,640,498 (``the '498 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 limited exclusion order and a cease and desist order.
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: Susan Orndoff, The 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 (2024).
Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on March 3, 2025, 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 4 and 16 of the '394 patent; claims 2, 3, 6, 8, and 12 of the
'491 patent; and claims 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9 of the '498 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 ``glass substrates for
LCDs, display panels containing the same, and electronic devices
containing the same, which are TVs, monitors, notebook and laptop
computers, and tablets'';
(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:
Corning Incorporated, One Riverfront Plaza, Corning, NY 14831
(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:
Caihong Display Devices Co., Ltd., d/b/a Irico Display Devices Co.,
Ltd., Area A, China-Korea Industrial Park, Qindu District, Xianyang
City, Shaanxi Province, 712023, China
Hisense USA Corporation, 7310 McGinnis Ferry Road, Suwanee, GA 30024
HKC Corporation Ltd., HKC Industrial Park, 1 Gongye 2nd Road, Shilong
Community, Shiyan Street, Baoan District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong
Province, 518108, China
HKC Overseas Ltd., Unit 8 28/F W50, 50 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Hong Kong
999077
LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., 111 Sylvan Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
07632
TCL China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., 9-2 Tangming
Avenue, Guangming New District, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province,
518132, China
TTE Technology, Inc., d/b/a TCL North America, 189 Technology Drive,
Irvine, CA 92618
VIZIO, Inc., 39 Tesla, Irvine, CA 92628
Xianyang CaiHong Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., No. 1, Gaoke
Yilu, Qindu District, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province, 71200, China;
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 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
complainants 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
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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: March 3, 2025.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2025-03667 Filed 3-6-25; 8:45 am]
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