The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of certain orange juice from Brazil.
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 (CED Oct 1 p5) drag on into the new year.
Another patent infringement suit was filed Monday against Nintendo, this time by little-known Ohio company Motiva, in U.S. District Court in Tyler, Texas. Motiva accused Nintendo of America and parent Nintendo of infringing U.S. Patent No. 7,292,151, issued Nov. 6, 2007, and titled “Human movement measurement system.” The patent, awarded to inventors Kevin Ferguson of Dublin, Ohio, and Donald Gronachan of Holtsville, N.Y., covers a system for measuring “the position of transponders for testing and training a user to manipulate the position of the transponders while being guided by interactive and sensory feedback through a bidirectional communication link to a processing system for the purpose of functional movement assessment for exercise and physical rehabilitation,” according to a filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Motiva accused Nintendo of infringing the patent by making, importing and selling in the U.S. products and/or services, including videogame systems, that “embody the inventions claimed” in the patent. Motiva didn’t say which game system it is accusing of infringement. But elements of the patent’s description bring to mind the Wii console and the Wii Fit game shipped for it in the spring. It’s “a safe bet” that Wii is among products Motiva deems infringing, said Christopher Banys, one of the company’s attorneys. He told Consumer Electronics Daily that Motiva wasn’t required to list all infringing products in the complaint and he declined to do that Wednesday. Inventors Ferguson and Gronachan own Motiva, he said. Nintendo didn’t respond immediately to a request for comment by our deadline. Motiva requested preliminary and permanent injunctions to block further infringement by Nintendo, in addition to unspecified damages and attorney’s fees. It asked for a jury trial. In May, Nintendo of America was ordered to pay $21 million to Anascape for violating that company’s patents. A jury found that Nintendo infringed on the obscure Texas company’s patents while designing the Wii Classic, WaveBird and GameCube controllers (CED May 16 p7).
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.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty changed circumstances reviews of stainless steel wire rods and stainless steel bar from India.
The International Trade Administration has issued antidumping duty orders for certain polyethylene terephthalate film, sheet, and strip (PET film) from Brazil, China and the United Arab Emirates.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of antidumping duty administrative review of certain steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey for the period of April 1, 2006 through March 31, 2007.
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.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination that certain circular welded carbon quality steel line pipe from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.