The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative reviews:
In its 5th week, the PS2 version of EA’s NCAA Football 07 was agin the #1-rented videogame in the U.S., according to Rentrak’s preliminary Home Video Essentials data for the week ended Aug. 20. The only new game in the top 10 was Square Enix’s Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII for PS2… World of Warcraft from Vivendi Games was the #1- selling PC game in the U.S., according to NPD Group data for the week ended Aug. 12… In its 6th week, THQ’ Cars was again the #1-selling game in Europe, according to the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publisher’s Assn. Chart Track data for the week ended Aug. 19.
The U.S. Appeals Court, Federal Circuit, rejected the challenge of Jack Benun -- onetime Concord Camera CEO -- of a lower court’s jurisdiction to bar import of single-use cameras that infringe Fuji patents. Fuji’s legal battle with Benun dates to 1998, when the camera maker filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission seeking to block imports of Jazz Photo’s single-use cameras it alleged infringed its patents. The ITC eventually ordered Jazz’s cameras seized and imposed a $13 million penalty for violations of an exclusion order. In a related case filed in federal district court, Fuji was awarded $29 million in damages for patent infringement. Jazz filed for bankruptcy in 2003 and liquidated 2 years later, selling its interest in 1.4 million single-use cameras to Benun-controlled Ribi Tech. Fuji sued Benun and Ribi in April 2005 and was granted a preliminary injunction barring Ribi from selling the cameras. Ribi argued that once the ITC entered an exclusion order, the district court was prevented from considering import issues involving the same goods. The appeals court rejected the claim, ruling that an exclusion order “does not alter the district court’s authority to proceed with remedies that may affect the same goods.”
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CV) duty administrative reviews:
At least 60% of communications network equipment in use will be DOCSIS 3.0 compatible by 2011, ABI Research analyst Michael Arden said. Consumer premises equipment penetration will slightly lag network, with less than 40% of home cable modem systems expected to have DOCSIS 3.0 capabilities that year, Arden said. CableLabs released the preliminary DOCSIS 3.0 specification, which allows for super-fast data speeds and increased IP video capabilities, this month. “CableLabs was kind of pressed by companies to make some sort of release… I think that allows some of these vendors and operators to make more definitive plans,” Arden said.
At least 60% of communications network equipment in use will be DOCSIS 3.0 compatible by 2011, ABI Research analyst Michael Arden said. Consumer premises equipment penetration will slightly lag network, with less than 40% of home cable modem systems expected to have DOCSIS 3.0 capabilities that year, Arden said. CableLabs released the preliminary DOCSIS 3.0 specification, which allows for super-fast data speeds and increased IP video capabilities, this month. “CableLabs was kind of pressed by companies to make some sort of release… I think that allows some of these vendors and operators to make more definitive plans,” Arden said.
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has initiated an antidumping (AD) duty changed circumstances review of the AD duty order on certain welded large diameter line pipe from Japan at the request of American Steel Pipe Division of the American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Berg Steel Pipe, and Stupp Corporation, (collectively "petitioners").
The International Trade Administration (ITA) has issued its preliminary results of the following antidumping (AD) duty administrative and new shipper reviews:
EMI said it signed a deal with Microsoft to supply music videos for Microsoft’s Zune digital entertainment devices. Details were sketchy Fri. Neither the deal terms nor when videos will become available was announced.
Consumer advocate Electronic Frontier Foundation has weighed in on Sima’s side in a suit filed last year by Macrovision. The suit filed last year in U.S. Dist. Court, Manhattan, alleged that Sima’s video enhancers infringed Macrovision’s patented copy protection technology and violate the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by allowing consumers to make unauthorized copies of copyrighted DVDs. The enhancers strip out the Vertical Blanking Interval on the video signal, where the flags for Macrovision Analog Copy Protection are stored, Macrovision said. That violates the DMCA ban on circumventing copy protection mechanisms, Macrovision claimed. It said the DMCA specifically recognizes its technology as a broadly adopted copy protection system that can’t legally be bypassed and is used for VCRs, DVDs and part of the Advanced Access Content System mandated for Blu-ray and HD DVD. In Macrovision’s suit, the district court granted a preliminary injunction against Sima, which Sima has appealed to the U.S. Appeals Court, Federal Circuit. In its amicus brief filed on behalf of a coalition that includes CCIA, CEA, HRRC and the Library Copyright Alliance in support of Sima, the EFF claimed that Macrovision is trying to contort the DMCA into a technology mandate forcing all digital video products in the future to respond to Macrovision’s analog-era DRM system. Macrovision didn’t comment.