The Commerce Department is postponing the due date for its preliminary antidumping duty determinations on welded stainless pressure pipe from Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam (A-557-815, A-549-830, and A-552-816). In response to a request from domestic industry, Commerce is extending the deadline until Dec. 12. The AD duty preliminary determinations were originally due Oct. 23.
Hearst asked the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston overturn a lower court denial of a preliminary injunction against streaming TV service Aereo, according to court filings. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton ruled earlier this month that Hearst’s injunction request was unwarranted. Hearst had argued that Aereo’s retransmission of its station’s broadcast violates copyright law. Broadcasters have also appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn a 2nd Circuit decision denying a similar injunction against Aereo (WID Oct 15 p6).
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working to release the preliminary version of the Cybersecurity Framework “as soon as possible,” with the hope it can go public this week, an agency spokeswoman told us. President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order had required that NIST release the preliminary framework by Oct. 10. The framework was put on hold because of the government shutdown, which ended Thursday (CD Oct 9 p7).
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its countervailing duty administrative review on lined paper products from India (C-533-844) for A.R. Printing & Packaging. These CV rates are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated CV cash deposit rates for this company.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is working to release the preliminary version of the Cybersecurity Framework “as soon as possible,” with the hope it can go public this week, an agency spokeswoman told us. President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order had required that NIST release the preliminary framework by Oct. 10. The framework was put on hold because of the government shutdown, which ended Thursday (WID Oct 9 p2).
The PS3 outsold the Xbox 360 and Wii U in the U.S. last month as the 360’s reign as the country’s top-selling home console ended after 32 straight months, according to NPD’s latest videogame sales data. How many PS3s were sold in September wasn’t clear at our deadline because NPD stopped providing that data to reporters and Sony Computer Entertainment America declined to provide it Friday. The 3DS, meanwhile, remained the top-selling videogame system for the fifth straight month when including handheld systems, said NPD analyst Liam Callahan.
Canada and the European Union have agreed in principle on the terms of a free trade agreement between the two countries, they announced on Oct. 18. Although final details remain to be ironed out, the agreement will remove about 98% of tariffs between the two economies when it comes into effect, and it also includes provisions on government procurement and intellectual property rights, said the European Commission (here). The Canadian government touted elimination of EU tariffs on Canadian seafood and agricultural products (here). “This is the biggest, most ambitious trade agreement that Canada has ever reached,” said the statement from the Canadian government. The countries began negotiations in 2009.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s planned release of a preliminary version of the Cybersecurity Framework was put on hold by the government shutdown. Industry observers told us they anticipate the agency will be able to release the new version soon after it reopens after the shutdown ends. Although the shutdown furloughed all but 8 percent of NIST’s staff, the framework is seen to be one of the components of President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order least affected by the shutdown (CD Oct 9 p7). The order had mandated NIST release the preliminary framework for public comment by Oct. 10. The Department of Commerce, which oversees the agency, said in a statement it will “reevaluate the release date when government operations are fully restored.” Industry observers said they anticipate the preliminary framework will not be fundamentally different from a draft NIST released prior to a framework development workshop in September.
Organizations hoping to apply for a low-power FM station license when the filing window opens have found resources outside the FCC to aid them in the weeks the agency has been shut down, they said. Applicants said they aren’t able to access the website for the window, which, until the government shutdown occurred, was set to open Tuesday. Some organizations are ready to file a complete, accurate application as soon as the FCC re-opens, while others said blocked access has prevented them from obtaining information necessary for preparing their applications. The shutdown had canceled the agency’s LPFM webinar earlier this month, and the lack of the commission’s online tools was causing applicants problems (CD Oct 4 p2).
The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s planned release of a preliminary version of the Cybersecurity Framework was put on hold by the government shutdown. Industry observers told us they anticipate the agency will be able to release the new version soon after it reopens after the shutdown ends. Although the shutdown furloughed all but 8 percent of NIST’s staff, the framework is seen to be one of the components of President Barack Obama’s cybersecurity executive order least affected by the shutdown (WID Oct 9 p2). The order had mandated NIST release the preliminary framework for public comment by Oct. 10. The Department of Commerce, which oversees the agency, said in a statement it will “reevaluate the release date when government operations are fully restored.” Industry observers said they anticipate the preliminary framework will not be fundamentally different from a draft NIST released prior to a framework development workshop in September.