The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative antidumping duty determination that glycine from India is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews of certain steel concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey for the period of April 1, 2005 through March 31, 2006.
The FCC staff won’t immediately reject the long form application of the D-block auction winner if it can’t reach a network sharing agreement with the public safety licensee, said the Public Safety and Wireless bureaus in an auction procedures notice posted late Friday to the commission’s website. In its 700 MHz rules, the agency created a public- private broadband wireless network using 12 MHz of spectrum from public safety and the 10 MHz D-block license. The D- block auction winner must negotiate a sharing agreement with the public safety licensee, expected to be the Public Safety Spectrum Trust. The D-block winner won’t receive its license until the agreement is approved.
The International Trade Administration has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty changed circumstances review of gray portland cement and clinker from Mexico, which covers exports of subject merchandise by Holcim Apasco, S.A. de C.V. during the period October 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006.
Canon’s appeal of a jury verdict that Nano-Proprietary could end a licensing agreement for its carbon nanotube technology will be decided by first quarter 2008 “at the earliest,” said Douglas Baker, Nano-Proprietary’s chief financial officer. Canon filed briefs with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in August and Nano-Proprietary in October, and reply briefs are expected in December or January, Baker said. In May, a federal jury in Beaumont, Tex., rejected Nano-Proprietary’s bid for $217 million damages, but said it could keep the $5.5 million Canon paid for a nonexclusive license in 1999 and end the deal. Nano- Proprietary sued Canon in 2005, claiming it broke their contract by sub-licensing the technology to the SED Inc. joint venture it formed the year before with Toshiba. Canon and Toshiba, which developed 36W and 55W SED panels, parted ways on the venture this year. Canon had said it would start pilot production at its Hiratsuka, Japan, plant. Meanwhile, a status conference is scheduled for December in Nano- Proprietary’s suit against inventor Till Keesmann. Legal proceedings in the case were suspended earlier this year as the sides explored “some alternatives” (CED July 13 p5). Those talks didn’t signal a settlement, company officials have said. In February, a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction barring Keesmann from ending a Nano-Proprietary license for carbon-nanotube technology (CED Feb 20 p5). Nano-Proprietary paid Keesmann $1.2 million in 2004 under their agreement; a year later he asked for the right to auction off its interest in the pact. Keesmann sought to sell the patents to NPV Nano Patent GmbH, arguing that Nano- Proprietary didn’t “actively market” the three patents. Keesmann allegedly sought to license the patent to Canon. Keesmann bought the rights to the carbon nanotube invention from Hubert Grosse-Wilde in 1994 for $6,400 and a promise to pay 30 percent of future profits, according to court records. Nano-Proprietary signed a licensing agreement with Keesmann in 2000.
The International Trade Administration has initiated antidumping duty investigations to determine whether imports of lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from China, Germany, and Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value; and a countervailing duty investigation to determine whether manufacturers, producers, or exporters of LWTP in China receive countervailable subsidies.
Peer-to-peer activities are as legitimate as any other on the Internet, and should be expressly protected from blocking by Comcast and other network providers, net neutrality supporters told the FCC in a complaint and petition for declaratory ruling. The matter arose when the Associated Press tested Comcast connections around the country and found that transfers through P2P protocol BitTorrent were markedly slower or blocked entirely in some places. Comcast has said it hampers BitTorrent traffic at times to keep heavy downloaders from harming service to other customers. The groups that filed include Free Press, Public Knowledge, the Media Access Project, the Consumer Federation of America, Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, and the directors of Internet law centers at Harvard and Stanford.
Peer-to-peer activities are as legitimate as any other on the Internet, and should be expressly protected from blocking by Comcast and other network providers, net neutrality supporters told the FCC in a complaint and petition for declaratory ruling. The matter arose when the Associated Press tested Comcast connections around the country and found that transfers through P2P protocol BitTorrent were markedly slower or blocked entirely in some places. Comcast has said it hampers BitTorrent traffic at times to keep heavy downloaders from harming service to other customers. The groups that filed include Free Press, Public Knowledge, the Media Access Project, the Consumer Federation of America, Yale Law School’s Information Society Project, and the directors of Internet law centers at Harvard and Stanford.
New Games: Its fifth week available, Microsoft’s Xbox 360 game sequel Halo 3 was again the top-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Sunday. The only new release in the top 10 was THQ’s Conan for Xbox 360 at No. 4… Gameloft signed a worldwide licensing deal with Universal Pictures Digital Platforms Group to make American Gangster: The Mobile Game, based on the new movie starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. The terms weren’t disclosed. The game launched just ahead of the movie’s theatrical release Friday and is available from most U.S. carriers, Gameloft said.