Notice of Investigation; Certain Shirts With Pucker-Free Seams and Methods of Producing Same; Corrected;

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 1, 2004, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C.1337, on behalf of TALTECH Limited of Tortola, British Virgin Islands, TAL Apparel Limited of Kowloon, Hong Kong, and The Apparel Group Limited of Addison, Texas. A letter supplementing the complaint was filed on July 21, 2004. The complaint, as 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 shirts with pucker-free seams by reason of infringement of claims 1, 4, 20, and 22 of U.S. Patent No. 5,568,779; claims 1, 11, 19, and 26 of U.S. Patent No. 5,590,615; claims 1, 3, 13, and 16 of U.S. Patent No. 5,713,292; and claims 16, 19, 35, and 38 of U.S. Patent No. 6,079,343. 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 a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist order.