The U.S. District Court in Los Angeles granted a permanent injunction against operators of the movie streaming service Zediva. The defendant is “permanently restrained and enjoined from using any copyrighted work in the Zediva service or any comparable service,” Judge John Walter said in the order. In April, several movie studios filed a complaint against Zediva for copyright infringement concerning the movies made available through the service. The ruling follows a previous order directing the parties to draw up a preliminary injunction (WID Aug 3 p2). Zediva’s operators agreed to pay $1.8 million to the studios, MPAA said in a press release. The ruling sends a strong message “to those who would exploit the studios’ works in violation of copyright law, on the Internet or elsewhere,” the association said.
The International Trade Commission is announcing that on October 19, 2011 it commenced the preliminary phase of its antidumping and countervailing duty investigations (Nos. 701--TA--481 and 731--TA--1190) to determine whether there is a reasonable indication that an industry in the U.S. is materially injured or threatened with material injury, or the establishment of an industry in the United States is materially retarded, by reason of imports from China of crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells and modules.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of certain activated carbon from China (A-570-904), which sets new AD cash deposit rates for ten exporters. These rates, which are effective October 31, 2011, are expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of certain stilbenic optical brightening agents from China (A-570-972) and Taiwan (A-583-848), which found preliminary AD rates of 106.22% - 141.08% (China) and 12.03% (Taiwan). The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determinations, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit or bond requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of bottom mount combination refrigerator-freezers from Korea (A-580-865) and Mexico (A-201-839), which found preliminary AD rates of zero to 32.20% for Korea and 19.80% - 36.65% for Mexico. The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determinations, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit or bond requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of certain galvanized steel wire from China (A-570-975) and Mexico (A-201-840), which found preliminary AD rates of 76.34% - 235.00% (China) and 37.87% - 61.54% (Mexico). The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determinations, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit or bond requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain steel nails from United Arab Emirates (A-520-804), which found preliminary AD rates of 19.23% - 61.54%. The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determination, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit or bond requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation of certain steel wheels from China (A-570-973), which found preliminary AD rates of 110.58% - 193.54%. The official notice of the ITA's preliminary determination, which will trigger the implementation of the AD cash deposit or bond requirements for subject merchandise, will be published in the Federal Register soon.
San Francisco’s city attorney said he will appeal a decision shredding an ordinance to require cellphone retailers to distribute city-written disclosures raising health questions about radiation from handsets and offering suggestions for minimizing exposure. Late last week, U.S. District Judge William Alsup threw out the ordinance as violating the First Amendment -- apart from a duty on merchants to give shoppers information sheets, which he required major changes in. He told the city to hold off on enforcement through Nov. 30, to give the sides time to file for appeals of his order granting CTIA a preliminary injunction. City Attorney Dennis Herrera said he'll ask the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to reverse the parts of the ruling that went against the ordinance.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the October 28, 2011 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):