The Commerce Department has released the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from South Korea (A-580-878). Rates calculated in this review will be used to set assessment rates for importers of subject merchandise from seven exporters that was entered July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
The Commerce Department is amending the published final results of the antidumping duty administrative review on welded stainless pressure pipe from India (A-533-867), to correct ministerial errors noted in comments received after the publication of the final results on June 9. These final results will be used to set final assessments of AD on importers for subject merchandise entered Nov. 1, 2020, through Oct. 31, 2021.
The Commerce Department is finalizing new antidumping and countervailing duty suspension of liquidation and cash deposit requirements on imports from China of aluminum sheet made from aluminum alloy 4017, it said in a notice released July 26 announcing the final determination of an anti-circumvention inquiry.
RCN Telecom Services failed to design, construct, maintain and operate its website to be fully accessible to and independently usable by visually impaired or blind people, in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, said a Friday class action (docket 1:23-cv-05543) in U.S. District Court for Eastern New York in Brooklyn.
Beatles rights holders Apple Corps and Subafilms “satisfied the requirements” for a preliminary injunction to enjoin 63 defendants from trafficking in counterfeit Beatles goods on the internet (see 2307200048), said an order signed Friday (docket 0:23-cv-60769) by U.S. District Judge Rodney Smith for Southern Florida in Fort Lauderdale. The plaintiffs submitted “sufficient evidence” showing each defendant infringed at least one or more of the Beatles marks, said the order. The court concludes that Apple Corps and Subafilms “have a strong probability of proving at trial that consumers are likely to be confused” by the defendants’ promotion and sales of the counterfeits or “colorable imitations” of the Beatles marks, it said. The infringement will likely cause the plaintiffs “to suffer immediate and irreparable injury” if a preliminary injunction isn’t granted, it said.
Iqvia and Propel Media shall not consummate their acquisition until after 11:59 p.m. EST Nov. 22 or the third business day after the court rules on the FTC’s request for a preliminary injunction under the FTC Act, whichever is earlier, said U.S. District Court Judge Edgardo Ramos’ temporary restraining order (TRO) Friday (docket 1:23-cv-06188) in U.S. District Court for Southern New York in Manhattan. The companies are to take all necessary steps to prevent their officers, directors, agents, divisions, subsidiaries, affiliates, partnerships and joint ventures from completing the acquisition, the order said. Allowing health data firm Iqvia to complete its buy of digital advertising company Propel Media before issuance of a decision on the merits by the FTC through the administrative process “would harm consumers and undermine” the commission’s ability to remedy the anticompetitive effects of the proposed buy, said the FTC Wednesday in its complaint for a TRO (see 2307200024). Defendant Iqvia, the “self-described ‘market leader’ in healthcare data, seeks to extend its dominance into programmatic advertising to healthcare professionals (HCPs) through the proposed acquisition of DeepIntent," which Propel Media bought in 2017, said the FTC’s 245-page memorandum of law in support of the TRO. The proposed Propel buy, which follows Iqvia’s buy of Lasso Marketing in July 2022, would give Iqvia control of two of the three leading healthcare demand-side platforms (DSPs) that deliver automated, programmatic, digital ads directly to U.S. HCPs via websites, mobile apps and smart TVs, said the memorandum. Because Iqvia already controls the top healthcare data for running ad campaigns to HCPs, Iqvia would have the ability and incentive “to disadvantage current and potential rivals to DeepIntent and Lasso” after the acquisition, said the memorandum. It cited the “indicia of vertical harm" identified by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown Shoe Co. v. U.S., saying Iqvia is “likely to disadvantage Lasso’s and DeepIntent’s competitors” post-acquisition. As a result, competition in the growing market “will be curtailed, and healthcare companies will be forced to pay more to market their products,” it said.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals gave counsel for the FTC, Microsoft and Activision Blizzard a deadline of this Friday for informing the circuit mediator about their clients’ views “on whether the issues on appeal or the underlying dispute might be amenable to settlement presently or in the foreseeable future,” said an amended mediation order Friday (docket 23-15992). The commission is appealing the July 10 order of U.S. District Judge Jacqueline Scott Corey denying its motion for a preliminary injunction to bar Microsoft from consummating its Activision buy (see 2307110061). The existing briefing schedule remains in effect, said the order. The FTC’s opening brief is due Aug. 9, and the Microsoft/Activision answering brief is due Sept. 6.
The Commerce Department published notices in the Federal Register July 24 on the following AD/CV duty proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department and the International Trade Commission published the following Federal Register notices July 24 on AD/CVD proceedings:
A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted to CBP's website July 21, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.