In the Matter of Certain Digital Image Storage and Retrieval Devices; Notice of Investigation

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on October 21, 2004, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Ampex Corporation of Redwood City, California. An amended complaint was filed on October 29, 2004, and a supplemental letter was filed on November 5, 2004. The amended complaint 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 digital image storage and retrieval devices by reason of infringement of claims 7-8 and 10-15 of U.S. Patent No. 4,821,121. The amended 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 a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.