In the Matter of Certain Flash Memory Chips and Products Containing the Same; Notice of Investigation

Resumen

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 6, 2010, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Spansion LLC of Sunnyvale, California. Letters supplementing the complaint were filed on August 17 and August 20, 2010. 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 flash memory chips and products containing the same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 7,018,922 ("the `922 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 6,900,124 ("the `124 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 6,459,625 ("the `625 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 6,369,416 ("the `416 patent"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, issue an exclusion order and a cease and desist orders.