In the Matter of: Certain Components for Installation of Marine Autopilots With GPS or IMU; Notice of Investigation

Riepilogo

Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on August 26, 2010, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of American GNC of Simi Valley, California. An amended complaint was filed on September 16, 2010. 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 installation of marine autopilots with GPS or IMU by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,596,976 ("the `976 patent"). 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 an exclusion order and cease and desist orders.