The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing the initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of galvanized steel wire from China, and an AD duty investigation on galvanized steel wire from Mexico.
The International Trade Administration has published a quantity and value questionnaire and a separate rate application for its recently initiated antidumping duty investigation on steel wheels from China.
In Canadian Wheat Board, et al. v. U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Court of International Trade decision that the U.S. government cannot retain unliquidated antidumping and countervailing duties that were deposited prior to the revocation of an AD or CV duty order, and that the duty depositors are entitled to a return of those duties.
On April 20, 2011, the Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The International Trade Administration has initiated an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam (A-552-802).
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of lightweight thermal paper from Germany (A-429-840) for the period November 20, 2008 through October 31, 2009.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing the initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of steel wheels from China.
The International Trade Administration has issued a fact sheet announcing the initiation of antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on imports of bottom mount combination refrigerator-freezers (bottom mount refrigerators) from Korea, and an AD duty investigation on bottom mount refrigerators from Mexico.
The European Union issued the following trade-related releases on April 20, 2011:
Apple claimed in a suit that several Samsung mobile phones and tablets infringed on various Apple patents and trademarks. The suit, filed Friday in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco, claimed Samsung was also guilty of unfair competition and unjust enrichment, among other things. Apple complained in the suit that, “instead of pursuing independent product development” for the recently introduced Galaxy mobile phones and tablets, Samsung “has chosen to slavishly copy Apple’s innovative technology, distinctive user interfaces … and distinctive product and packaging design, in violation of Apple’s valuable intellectual property rights.” Samsung made its Android-based devices “work and look like Apple’s products through widespread patent and trade dress infringement,” the suit claimed. Other infringing Samsung devices cited in the suit were the Captivate, Continuum, Vibrant, Epic 4G, Indulge, Mesmerize, Showcase, Fascinate, Nexus S, Gem, Transform, Intercept and Acclaim smartphones. But Apple claimed “the copying” of Apple’s devices in the Galaxy devices was “so pervasive” that they “appear to be actual Apple products -- with the same rectangular shape with rounded corners, silver edging, a flat surface face with substantial top and bottom black borders, gently curving edges on the back, and a display of colorful square icons with rounded corners.” Apple included side-by-side comparisons of its products and icons with those from Samsung in the suit to back up its claims. Apple requested preliminary and permanent injunctions to stop Samsung from continued infringement on Apple patents, as well as unspecified damages, payment of its legal fees, and a jury trial. Samsung didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. Apple recently filed suits against companies including Amazon, while Microsoft has challenged Apple’s trademark for the term “app store.”