International trade · 14/09/2011

In the Matter of Certain Devices for Improving Uniformity Used in a Backlight Module and Components Thereof and Products Containing the Same; Notice of Institution of Investigation

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 10, 2011, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Industrial Technology Research Institute of Taiwan and ITRI International Inc. of San Jose, California. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on August 22, 2011. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain devices for improving uniformity used in a backlight module and components thereof and products containing the same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,883,932 ("the `932 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.