In the Matter of: Certain Peripheral Devices and Components Thereof 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 July 30, 2008, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington. A supplement to the complaint was filed on August 19, 2008. The complaint, as supplemented, 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 peripheral devices and components thereof and products containing the same that infringe certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,460,094; 6,795,949; 5,414,445; 7,199,785; 7,187,358; 7,068,257; and 6,531,692. 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 cease and desist order.