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The importation of goods produced through the theft of U.S. property, including intangible “intellectual property” (including, for example, patents, copyrights, and trademarks), distorts the market and merits being curbed.
Standard Essential Patent holders Section 337 use opponents claim ITC exclusion order threat creates patent hold-up, have no example of successfully argued patent hold-up case. Section 337 investigations allow for proof of process abuse by seeking royalties on unfair terms.
The US International Trade Commission has agreed to investigate iFIT’s exercise bikes, treadmills, ellipticals and rowing machines following a complaint from Peloton.
The ITC issued a Consent Order barring DeLorme from importing/selling within the U.S. any two-way global satellite communication equipment that infringed BriarTek’s U.S. Patent No. 7,991,380. Federal Circuit affirmed invalidity decision and upheld the ITC’s civil penalty.
National intellectual-property law firm <strong>Merchant & Gould P.C.</strong> has announced its new International Trade Commission Group.