Thursday, April 29, 2021
Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (“Section 337”), gives the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) broad powers to investigate and address unfair acts and unfair competition in the importation of articles into the United States. Most Section 337 investigations address issues of infringement of statutory intellectual property such as patents, trademarks, and copyrights. Recently, however, Section 337 has increasingly been used to address other unfair acts such as misappropriation of trade secrets, false advertising, breach of contract, and antitrust violations. One primary advantage of the ITC over other fora is the ITC’s ability to issue Exclusion Orders – powerful remedies that are enforced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”) to prevent the importation of offending products into the United States.
10x Genomics scored a victory in its patent battle with Bio-Rad when the Federal Circuit on Thursday upheld the U.S. International Trade Commission's finding that Bio-Rad infringed three patents covering microfluidic systems used in gene sequencing.
Friday, 17:02, 30/04/2021
VOV.VN - The Ministry of Industry and Trade s Trade Defence Department has stated that it received information regarding the US Department of Commerce receiving documents requesting anti-dumping investigations for honey products originating from Argentina, Brazil, India, Ukraine, and Vietnam.
The plaintiffs in this case are the American Honey Producers Association and the Sioux Honey Association who requested that the US Department of Commerce (DOC) investigate raw honey products classified under HS code 0409.00, with businesses required to check against HS codes when exporting American products.
The timeframe for anti-dumping investigations proposed by the plaintiffs is from October 1, 2020, to March 31, 2021, whilst the damage investigation period will be from January 1, 2018.
Ford plans to develop and produce electric vehicle batteries
Posted : 2021-04-28 20:27
Updated : 2021-04-28 20:27
This photo provided by Ford shows Ford Motor s Battery Benchmarking and Test Laboratory in Allen Park, Mich., on April 6, 2021. Ford via AP-Yonhap
Saying that it wants to control the key technology for electric vehicles, Ford plans to open a battery development center near Detroit by the end of next year.
The company said the 200,000-square-foot facility will have equipment to design, test and even do small-scale manufacturing of battery cells and packs. The $185 million lab also will develop electronic controls and other items as Ford moves more of the process in-house.
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One of the most prominent U.S. economists is warning that not only will President Joe Biden’s proposed hike on capital gains taxes fail to finance his proposed multi-billion-dollar programs, but it will also hamper entrepreneurial efforts and disrupt investments in research and development, particularly in the high-tech sector that has fueled economic growth over the past decade.
The Biden Strategy: The president’s proposal, which was leaked to the media last week and is scheduled to be formally introduced during his address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday evening, would increase capital gains taxes on those with annual incomes of more than $1 million, with the top rate rising from 20% to 39.6%. When factoring in a surtax related to Medicare, the total rate on capital gains would be 43.4%.