Google expressed enthusiasm about the future of spectrum above 24 GHz, especially for unlicensed use and experimentation. Carriers were more circumspect, saying it likely will be of only limited use and not a substitute for lower band spectrum because of its propagation characteristics. But fights loom over the extent to which the spectrum should be made available on an unlicensed basis or licensed for commercial use as favored by carriers. At its October meeting the FCC approved a notice of inquiry on new technology developments that could increase the viability of operations above 24 GHz (see 1410170048) . Comments were posted by the FCC Thursday and Friday.
U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland denied chipmaker Diablo Technologies' motion for a stay of her preliminary injunction that bars the company from distributing or selling high-speed memory controller chipsets to SanDisk for its ULLtraDIMM solid-state drive product line, in an order Tuesday. Supplier Netlist, which sued Diablo in August 2013 alleging breach of contract, trade secret misappropriations and other charges, won the injunction on Monday (see 1501130036). Rogers did deny Netlist’s motion for an order recalling all ULLtraDIMM modules that already have shipped, saying Netlist “has not met the higher burden associated with a mandatory injunction requiring a recall.” The case is to go to trial in early March. Netlist in a statement Thursday hailed Rogers’ refusal to stay the injunction. “Endless legal maneuvering does nothing to change the facts that led to the ordering of the preliminary injunction in the first place,” Netlist said. “Namely, Netlist’s claims that Diablo breached the contract, stole Netlist's trade secrets and incorporated them in SanDisk’s ULLtraDIMM. We look forward to securing damages and a permanent injunction on the products in the upcoming trial.” Representatives for Diablo and SanDisk didn’t comment.
Chipmaker Diablo Technologies immediately moved for a stay Monday in a federal judge’s preliminary injunction that bars the company from distributing or selling high-speed memory controller chipsets to SanDisk for its ULLtraDIMM solid-state drive product line. Supplier Netlist, which sued Diablo in August 2013 alleging breach of contract, trade secret misappropriations and other charges, won the injunction. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers in Oakland granted the preliminary junction, in an order Monday. She denied Netlist’s motion for an order recalling all ULLtraDIMM modules that already have shipped, saying Netlist “has not met the higher burden associated with a mandatory injunction requiring a recall.” Diablo representatives didn’t comment. Diablo attorneys' motion for a stay, also filed Monday, said they plan to “challenge on appeal substantial questions of law which control the outcome of this matter.” For example, Diablo argued, Netlist waited 13 months after suing Diablo to move for a preliminary injunction, and that delay alone is at odds with Netlist claims that harms to the company would be imminent and irreparable without an injunction. “Netlist has not shown that its alleged harms hamper it from conducting its business,” Diablo said. “By contrast, issuance of the preliminary injunction against Diablo will be severe and irreparable.” Netlist trumpeted the granting of the injunction in a news release Tuesday that hailed the judge for her “extraordinary legal ruling,” saying the decision “is a validation of what we've said from the beginning about Diablo's flagrant actions.” Netlist has maintained in its complaint that it created and patented the “ground-breaking memory interface technology” at issue in the case. Netlist signed a supply agreement in which it “contracted with Diablo to implement a proprietary memory-controller chipset based on this technology, only to find that Diablo stole its trade secrets and incorporated them into Diablo's own products,” it said. SanDisk representatives didn’t comment.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 9, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Jan. 9 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):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Jan. 8 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):
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty new shipper review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) for Linyi Anying Wood Co., Ltd. (here). The agency calculated an AD duty rate of zero percent for wood flooring both produced and exported by Anying.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on multilayered wood flooring from China (A-570-970) (here). The agency calculated a preliminary AD rate of zero percent for Dalian Dajen.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Jan. 7, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Jan. 7 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):