In the Matter of: Certain Dual Access Locks and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on September 15, 2009, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Safe Skies, LLC of Brooklyn, New York and David Tropp of Brooklyn, New York. An amended complaint was filed on October 5, 2009. The amended 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 dual access locks and products containing same by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,021,537 and 7,036,728. The amended 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 an exclusion order and a cease and desist order.