Apple must wait until Dec. 6 to argue in court for its request for a permanent ban on the U.S. sale of eight Samsung smartphones, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh said in an order Tuesday. Apple was initially set to argue for the permanent ban at a previously-scheduled Sept. 20 hearing, at which Koh was expected to issue a final decision on the outcome of Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung over design and utility patent violations.
The International Trade Administration issued its quarterly list of (i) completed antidumping and countervailing duty scope rulings and (ii) anticircumvention determinations.
A federal appeals court deferred to the Copyright Office’s and lower court’s interpretations of the compulsory license that lets cable operators carry broadcast TV programming without clearing all the rights from individual content owners. The Copyright Office has said consistently that the license does not apply to online video distributors. But ivi.tv had asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a temporary injunction a federal district judge in New York City imposed last year (CD Feb 23/11 p5) that blocked the service after reaching a similar conclusion. Ivi CEO Todd Weaver said in an email that the company is weighing all its options but declined to comment on whether it would appeal the 2nd Circuit’s ruling. “This is not the final chapter to this story,” he said.
Dish Networks’ PrimeTime Anytime is an “attempt to camouflage” its copyright infringement of TV programming that occurs every night, Fox Entertainment argued, seeking a court injunction barring the service.
Dish Networks’ PrimeTime Anytime is an “attempt to camouflage” its copyright infringement of TV programming that occurs every night, Fox Entertainment argued, seeking a court injunction barring the service.
A federal appeals court deferred to the Copyright Office’s and lower court’s interpretations of the compulsory license that lets cable operators carry broadcast TV programming without clearing all the rights from individual content owners. The Copyright Office has said consistently that the license does not apply to online video distributors. But ivi.tv had asked the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to review a temporary injunction a federal district judge in New York City imposed last year (WID Feb 23/11 p1) that blocked the service after reaching a similar conclusion. Ivi CEO Todd Weaver said in an email that the company is weighing all its options but declined to comment on whether it would appeal the 2nd Circuit’s ruling. “This is not the final chapter to this story,” he said.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 could realize a better margin than the iPad if target selling prices hold, said a preliminary report by the IHS Teardown Analysis Service. The HSPA+ version of the Samsung tablet has a bill of materials (BOM) of $283 that bumps to $293 with manufacturing costs added, according to IHS, while the Wi-Fi-only version tallies to a $260 BOM. The modem-equipped tablet sells for roughly $640 in the world market, IHS said, and the Wi-Fi model has U.S. retail pricing of $499.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10.1 could realize a better margin than the iPad if target selling prices hold, said a preliminary report by the IHS Teardown Analysis Service. The HSPA+ version of the Samsung tablet has a bill of materials (BOM) of $283 that bumps to $293 with manufacturing costs added, according to IHS, while the Wi-Fi-only version tallies to a $260 BOM. The modem-equipped tablet sells for roughly $640 in the world market, IHS said, and the Wi-Fi model has U.S. retail pricing of $499.
The government of Canada issued the following trade-related notices for Aug. 24. (Note that some may also be given separate headlines.)
The International Trade Administration published notices in the Aug. 24 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):