Certain Personal Transporters, Components Thereof, and Packaging and Manuals Therefor; Institution of Investigation

Résumé

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on May 18, 2016, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of Segway, Inc. of Bedford, New Hampshire; DEKA Products Limited Partnership of Manchester, New Hampshire; and Ninebot (Tianjin) Technology Co., Ltd. of Tianjin, China. The 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 personal transporters, components thereof, and packaging and manuals therefor by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,302,230 ("the '230 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 6,651,763 ("the '763 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 7,023,330 ("the '330 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 7,275,607 ("the '607 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 7,479,872 ("the '872 patent"); U.S. Patent No. 9,188,984 ("the '984 patent"); U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,727,948 ("the '948 trademark"); and U.S. Trademark Registration No. 2,769,942 ("the '942 trademark"). The complaint further alleges that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection