The International Trade Commission’s denial of eligibility for benefits under the Continued Dumping and Subsidy Offset Act (CDSOA, aka the Byrd Amendment) for U.S. crawfish producer PS Chez Sidney was reversed by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The ITC had originally ruled Chez Sidney ineligible in 2002, only to reverse its decision pursuant to a 2007 Court of International Trade remand after CIT said the petition support requirement of CDSOA violated the First Amendment. Then, in 2010, ITC once again found Chez Sidney ineligible for benefits after CAFC reversed CIT’s 2007 remand because of CAFC’s SKF v. USA ruling, which had found that the petition support requirement was constitutional. In this ruling, CAFC also remanded CBP’s decision, made during the 2007-2010 period during which Chez Sidney was found eligible, to only distribute benefits to Chez Sidney to the extent that the already distributed benefits were recoverable from other domestic producers.
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna’s office threw the kitchen sink at Village Voice Media’s Backpage.com in a smattering of legal briefs and declarations filed with the U.S. District Court in Seattle last week. The online classifieds site is trying to invalidate SB-6251, a state law that would punish it for “knowingly” accepting escort ads featuring minors, and it has received support from the Electronic Frontier Foundation among others (WID June 20 p6).
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the July 13 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):
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on chlorinated isocyanurates from China (A-570-898) for four companies. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration issued the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on hand trucks and certain parts thereof from China (A-570-891), which sets an AD cash deposit rate for one exporter, New-Tec. This rate, which is effective July 16, is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
TV broadcasters and some program suppliers asked a federal appeals court to review a lower court’s decision that will let Aereo continue offering its services while its legality is litigated, a court filing shows.
TV broadcasters and some program suppliers asked a federal appeals court to review a lower court’s decision that will let Aereo continue offering its services while its legality is litigated, a court filing shows. WNET, Fox TV stations, Twentieth Century Fox, WPIX, Univision and PBS said they appealed U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan’s ruling denying their motion for an injunction and called Nathan’s decision “a loss for the entire creative community.” Comcast’s NBCUniversal also said it plans to appeal the ruling. “Importantly, the court determined that Aereo’s business is irreparably harming broadcasters and content creators,” a spokesman for NBCU said. The decision “represents only a preliminary finding and we remain confident that the courts will ultimately find in our favor and block Aereo from infringing our copyrighted broadcasts."
TV broadcasters and some program suppliers asked a federal appeals court to review a lower court’s decision that will let Aereo continue offering its services while its legality is litigated, a court filing shows. WNET, Fox TV stations, Twentieth Century Fox, WPIX, Univision and PBS said they appealed U.S. District Judge Alison Nathan’s ruling denying their motion for an injunction and called Nathan’s decision “a loss for the entire creative community.” Comcast’s NBCUniversal also said it plans to appeal the ruling. “Importantly, the court determined that Aereo’s business is irreparably harming broadcasters and content creators,” a spokesman for NBCU said. The decision “represents only a preliminary finding and we remain confident that the courts will ultimately find in our favor and block Aereo from infringing our copyrighted broadcasts."
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases July 11-12, 2012 (notices of most significance will be given separate headlines):
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued several notices set to be published in the July 13 Federal Register,on 2 recently announced determinations of nonregulated status for certain genetically engineered products, as well as 9 petitions for nonregulated status and 3 petitions for nonregulated status and attached APHIS risk assessments.