Online TV service Aereo wants a federal court to stop the threat of additional lawsuits from broadcasters as it moves into new jurisdictions by ruling that its system of tiny, individual antennas doesn’t violate copyright laws, according to documents filed Monday. Already in the midst of a lawsuit brought in New York by major broadcasters including Fox and CBS, Aereo told the U.S. District Court in New York that it plans to expand to Boston later this month, and that CBS has said it will sue Aereo again there if it does expand.
Online TV service Aereo wants a federal court to stop the threat of additional lawsuits from broadcasters as it moves into new jurisdictions by ruling that its system of tiny, individual antennas doesn’t violate copyright laws, according to documents filed Monday. Already in the midst of a lawsuit brought in New York by major broadcasters including Fox and CBS, Aereo told the U.S. District Court in New York that it plans to expand to Boston later this month, and that CBS has said it will sue Aereo again there if it does expand.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on activated carbon from China (A-570-904). The agency preliminarily denied Jacobi Carbons' request for company specific-revocation, because the company has not been assigned three consecutive zero rates -- Commerce found dumping by the company in the final results of the previous administrative review. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
International Trade Today is providing readers with some of the top stories for April 29 - May 3 in case they were missed.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 3, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the May 3 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
Mexico's Diario Oficial of May 2, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The Commerce Department published notices in the May 2 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’s April 30 decision to impose antidumping duties on imports of hardwood and decorative plywood from China threatens to disrupt supply chains for industries that consume the product, said the International Wood Products Association (here). “While the [IWPA] counts among its members American importers -- many of whom trade in this product -- the effects of these duties will not be confined to the import community,” it said.
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that hardwood and decorative plywood from China (A-570-986) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency found preliminary AD rates of de minimis to 63.96 percent. Cash deposit requirements are effective May 3 for all companies that were assigned positive dumping margins.