The Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site monthly reports containing official September 2008 trade data from the Census Department for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
Closed-door balloting Wednesday gave Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., 25 votes to 22 for John Dingell of Michigan to get the steering committee nomination for House Commerce Committee chairman, a Democratic source said. The full Democratic caucus votes Thursday on who will get the chairmanship.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor" in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order's duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
Google’s $125 million settlement with book publishers (WID Oct 29 p6) received the preliminary approval of the U.S. District Court in New York. Judge John Sprizzo certified a settlement class of all persons with a “copyright interest in one or more books or inserts” on Jan. 5, 2009. That includes an author subclass represented by Paul Dickson, Joseph Goulden, Daniel Hoffman, Betty Miles and Herbert Mitgang, and publisher subclass represented by the McGraw-Hill Cos., Pearson Education, Penguin Group, Simon & Schuster and John Wiley & Sons. Sprizzo scheduled a final settlement hearing for June 11, 2009, on whether the settlement terms are fair.
The following Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) and Court of International Trade (CIT) cases on international trade issues were dated, decided, or posted during the period of November 4 - November 13, 2008:
CBP has issued a CSMS message announcing that due to unexpected network problems, FDA's OASIS system went down at approximately 9:00 a.m. on November 17, 2008. CBP stated that OASIS was not anticipated to be up for the following 2-4 hours and as a result, FDA was operating under the Prior Notice Scenario 2 Contingency.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice inviting applications from eligible individuals wishing to be included on the North American Free Trade Agreement Chapter 19 roster of individuals to serve on binational panels convened to review final determinations in antidumping or countervailing duty proceedings and amendments to the AD/CV statutes of a NAFTA party.
Consumers who had hoped to easily and legally make backup copies of their DVDs will have to wait at least until February, as dueling lawsuits between vendor RealNetworks and the MPAA studios (WID Oct 1 p2) drag on into the new year.
Calypso Wireless filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against T-Mobile USA Friday in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas, court filings said. It accused the carrier of infringing its patent allowing switching between GSM and Wi-Fi services. Calypso seeks past and future damages from T-Mobile, along with attorney’s fees and an injunction preventing T-Mobile from selling or manufacturing the inventions embodied in the patent. The lawsuit represents a turning point for Calypso, which expects hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing opportunities, President Richard Pattin said. A T-Mobile spokeswoman said a preliminary review indicates that the allegations lack merit, and the carrier intends to defend itself “vigorously.”
Calypso Wireless filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against T-Mobile USA Friday in U.S. District Court in Marshall, Texas, court filings said. It accused the carrier of infringing its patent allowing switching between GSM and Wi-Fi services. Calypso seeks past and future damages from T-Mobile, along with attorney’s fees and an injunction preventing T-Mobile from selling or manufacturing the inventions embodied in the patent. The lawsuit represents a turning point for Calypso, which expects hundreds of millions of dollars in licensing opportunities, President Richard Pattin said. A T-Mobile spokeswoman said a preliminary review indicates that the allegations lack merit, and the carrier intends to defend itself “vigorously.”