The International Trade Commission has issued a general exclusion order and a cease and desist (CD) order in its section 337 patent-based investigation of certain inkjet ink supplies and components thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-691). The ITC has also terminated the investigation.
The following are highlights of the 75 comments received in response to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative’s October 2010 request for comments on its initiation of a Section 301 investigation1 on China’s green technology trade and investment practices. Most of the domestic industry comments suggested remedies for these practices.
On January 2, 2011, the President signed into law H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010. As enacted, H.R. 847 contains a new excise tax on foreign procurement which was opposed by several trade groups.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice requesting comments to assist it in identifying countries that deny adequate and effective protection of intellectual property rights or deny fair and equitable market access to U.S. persons who rely on intellectual property protection for its 2011 “Special 301” review.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is seeking comments on its December 22, 2010 request for World Trade Organization consultations with China regarding certain subsidies provided by the China on wind power equipment.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a final rule, effective June 28, 2011, that establishes new mandatory consumer product safety standards for full-size and non-full-size baby cribs, as required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA1).
U.S. Trade Representative Kirk has announced that the U.S. has requested consultations with China under the dispute settlement provisions of the World Trade Organization (WTO) concerning a program known as the Special Fund for Wind Power Manufacturing.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a final rule to establish a publicly available and searchable database on CPSC’s Web site of consumer product safety incidents (and incidents involving other products and substances regulated by CPSC), as required by the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA).
The following are details of the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s final rule, effective December 10, 2010, to amend its regulations governing the importation and interstate movement of noxious weeds.
The U.S. Trade Representative is requesting public comments for its 2010 Special 3011 Out-of-Cycle Reviews of the Philippines’ and Thailand’s protection of intellectual property rights.