The Commerce Department issued its final antidumping duty determination on steel nails from Taiwan (A-583-854) (here). In a change from its negative preliminary determination, Commerce found dumping of subject merchandise by Taiwanese exporters. As such, the agency will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and collect cash deposits of estimated AD duties for entries on or after May 20.
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on steel nails from South Korea (A-580-874) (here). The agency calculated a zero percent rate for Jinheung and its affiliates, permanently exempting the company from suspension of liquidation, cash deposit requirements, and duty assessments under this AD duty order.
The Commerce Department issued its final determinations in the antidumping duty investigations on steel nails from Malaysia (A-557-816), Oman (A-523-808) and Vietnam (A-552-818) (here). The agency made changes to cash deposit requirements for these countries that will take effect for subject merchandise entered on or after May 20.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald’s ruling in Los Angeles against requiring Google to take off of YouTube a trailer for controversial anti-Islam video Innocence of Muslims. The 9th Circuit said Monday that the district court ruling “did not abuse its discretion” in denying actress Cindy Lee Garcia’s request for a mandatory preliminary takedown of the video. Garcia claimed in her original lawsuit, filed in 2012, that she had been tricked into briefly appearing in the video. Garcia was clearly “bamboozled” into appearing in the film, but the law and facts in the case didn’t “clearly favor” her copyright claim, the 9th Circuit said, saying the U.S. Copyright Office had refused to register Garcia’s performance separately from the Innocence of Muslims video. In the context of copyright infringement, “the only basis upon which the preliminary injunction was sought, Garcia failed to make a clear showing of irreparable harm to her interests as an author,” the 9th Circuit said. The circuit court’s en banc ruling Monday reversed a 2014 three-judge ruling by the circuit court that ordered the video’s takedown despite finding that Garcia’s copyright claim on the video was “doubtful" (see report in the March 3, 2014, issue). Neither Garcia nor Google immediately commented on the ruling. Multiple public interest groups that had criticized the 9th Circuit’s original ruling in the case praised the en banc reversal. The en banc ruling “is a victory for free speech and the First Amendment,” said Public Knowledge Policy Counsel Raza Panjwani in a statement. “In the case of controversial expression, like the trailer for Innocence of Muslims, copyright law should not trump the public’s right to discuss, criticize, or comment or report on that expression.”
The Commerce Department will require antidumping duty cash deposits on imports of welded line pipe from South Korea and Turkey, it said in a May 15 fact sheet (here). The agency set AD duty cash deposit rates at 2.52% to 2.67% for South Korean companies, and 2.29% to 9.43%, in its preliminary determination. The cash deposit requirements will take effect on the date Commerce publishes its preliminary determination in the Federal Register.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit upheld U.S. District Judge Michael Fitzgerald’s ruling in Los Angeles against requiring Google to take off of YouTube a trailer for controversial anti-Islam video Innocence of Muslims. The 9th Circuit said Monday that the district court ruling “did not abuse its discretion” in denying actress Cindy Lee Garcia’s request for a mandatory preliminary takedown of the video. Garcia claimed in her original lawsuit, filed in 2012, that she had been tricked into briefly appearing in the video. Garcia was clearly “bamboozled” into appearing in the film, but the law and facts in the case didn’t “clearly favor” her copyright claim, the 9th Circuit said, saying the U.S. Copyright Office had refused to register Garcia’s performance separately from the Innocence of Muslims video. In the context of copyright infringement, “the only basis upon which the preliminary injunction was sought, Garcia failed to make a clear showing of irreparable harm to her interests as an author,” the 9th Circuit said. The circuit court’s en banc ruling Monday reversed a 2014 three-judge ruling by the circuit court that ordered the video’s takedown despite finding that Garcia’s copyright claim on the video was “doubtful" (see report in the March 3, 2014, issue). Neither Garcia nor Google immediately commented on the ruling. Multiple public interest groups that had criticized the 9th Circuit’s original ruling in the case praised the en banc reversal. The en banc ruling “is a victory for free speech and the First Amendment,” said Public Knowledge Policy Counsel Raza Panjwani in a statement. “In the case of controversial expression, like the trailer for Innocence of Muslims, copyright law should not trump the public’s right to discuss, criticize, or comment or report on that expression.”
Developers of the Advanced Warning and Response Network (AWARN) for the ATSC 3.0 broadcast system said at last week’s ATSC 2015 Broadcast TV Conference that the next-gen emergency alerting system will use “standard protocol” to “wake up” ATSC 3.0 receivers during an emergency and deliver “rich-media features” such as video and evacuation routes. LG, one of several AWARN developers, also expressed preliminary confidence that any ATSC 3.0 device poised for AWARN emergency wake-up, including TVs, but also tablets and smartphones, won’t require excessive standby power for the function to work.
The Online Trust Alliance is welcoming experts from private and public industry to join its initiative to develop a security, privacy and sustainability trust framework for IoT devices, it said in a Wednesday news release. OTA said the framework is intended to provide clarity and confidence to consumers as they shop and use connected devices, with an initial focus on the connected home and wearable/fitness technologies. OTA hopes the framework will be used as a basis for a potential certification program for IoT devices and applications, it said. A draft will be shared in a panel at the TRUSTe IoT privacy summit June 17, it said. “With the rapid introduction of Internet of Things products into the market, we must ensure that security and privacy best practices are integrated to maximize consumer protection,” said OTA Executive Director Craig Spiezle. “According to preliminary data from OTA’s forthcoming Online Trust Audit, 14 percent of leading IoT products did not have a discoverable privacy policy for consumers to review prior to purchase,” Spiezle said. “We welcome industry leaders to join in the multi-stakeholder effort to raise the bar and make security, privacy and sustainability key product attributes.” OTA’s next full working group meeting is June 16 in Mountain View, California. Leaders in the security and privacy community, app developers, manufacturers and international retailers were invited to provide input. TRUSTe CEO Chris Babel welcomed OTA’s initiative to extend the work of the IoT Privacy Tech Working Group to include the security and sustainability issues arising out of the explosion of data collection from connected devices, he said. “Considering that 79 percent of U.S. consumers are concerned about data collected by connected devices, we urge companies to join this important endeavor to develop clear standards for privacy and security in the Internet of Things.”
The Online Trust Alliance is welcoming experts from private and public industry to join its initiative to develop a security, privacy and sustainability trust framework for IoT devices, it said in a Wednesday news release. OTA said the framework is intended to provide clarity and confidence to consumers as they shop and use connected devices, with an initial focus on the connected home and wearable/fitness technologies. OTA hopes the framework will be used as a basis for a potential certification program for IoT devices and applications, it said. A draft will be shared in a panel at the TRUSTe IoT privacy summit June 17, it said. “With the rapid introduction of Internet of Things products into the market, we must ensure that security and privacy best practices are integrated to maximize consumer protection,” said OTA Executive Director Craig Spiezle. “According to preliminary data from OTA’s forthcoming Online Trust Audit, 14 percent of leading IoT products did not have a discoverable privacy policy for consumers to review prior to purchase,” Spiezle said. “We welcome industry leaders to join in the multi-stakeholder effort to raise the bar and make security, privacy and sustainability key product attributes.” OTA’s next full working group meeting is June 16 in Mountain View, California. Leaders in the security and privacy community, app developers, manufacturers and international retailers were invited to provide input. TRUSTe CEO Chris Babel welcomed OTA’s initiative to extend the work of the IoT Privacy Tech Working Group to include the security and sustainability issues arising out of the explosion of data collection from connected devices, he said. “Considering that 79 percent of U.S. consumers are concerned about data collected by connected devices, we urge companies to join this important endeavor to develop clear standards for privacy and security in the Internet of Things.”
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 14 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):