Certain Bearings and Packaging Thereof; Notice of Investigation

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on March 11, 2002, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of SKF USA Inc. of Norristown, Pennsylvania. An amended complaint was filed on March 21, 2002. Supplements to the complaint were filed on March 29 and April 5, 2002. The complaint, as amended and supplemented, alleges violations of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain bearings and packaging thereof by reason of (1) infringement of U.S. Trademark Registration Nos. 502,839, 502,840, 1,944,843, and 2,053,722; (2) infringement of common law trademarks; (3) dilution of registered and common law trademarks; (4) false representation of source in violation of Section 43(a)(1)(A) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(a)(1)(A); (5) false advertising in violation of Section 43(a)(1)(B) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. 1125(a)(1)(B); (6) passing off; and (7) unfair pecuniary benefits. The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsections (a)(1)(A) and