General exclusion order directed to lighters

Inv. No. 337-TA-575: the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a general exclusion order directed to infringing lighters.

The investigation was instituted on June 20, 2006, based on a complaint, as supplemented, filed by Zippo, alleging section 337 violations by reason of infringement of United States Trademark Registration No. 2,606,241.

Named respondents from China include Tung Fong International Promotion Co., Ltd. of Hong Kong（東方國際推銷有限公司）; Wenzhou Star Smoking Set Co., Ltd. of China（浙江省温州市站前星星烟具有限公司）; Taizhou Rongshi Lighter Development Co., Ltd. of China（台州荣时打火机发展有限公司）; and Wenzhou Tailier Smoking Set Co., Ltd. of China（温州泰利尔烟具制造有限公司）. Wenzhou Star Smoking Set Company was terminated from the investigation on the basis of settlement agreements.

On February 21, the ALJ issued an ID finding the domestic industry requirement satisfied, and a violation of section 337. The Commission has recently determined that the appropriate form of relief is a general exclusion order prohibiting the unlicensed entry of lighters that infringe the '241 mark.

SECTION 337 INVESTIGATION ON CERTAIN NITRILE GLOVES

ITC INSTITUTES SECTION 337 INVESTIGATION ON CERTAIN NITRILE GLOVES

The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Tillotson Corporation d/b/a Best Manufacturing Company of Menlo, GA, on May 30, 2007. The complainant requests that the ITC issue a permanent general exclusion order and permanent cease and desist orders.

Identified respondents from China in this investigation include:

Beijing Huateng Rubber Plastic of China（北京华腾橡塑乳胶制品有限公司）;
Ideal Healthcare Group Co. Ltd. of China;
and JDA (Tianjin) Plastic Rubber Co. Ltd. of China（兰奇天津塑胶有限公司）.

SigmaTel, Actions Settle Patent Suits

SigmaTel, Actions Settle Patent Suits

To quote: "The two companies dismissed all litigation pending against one another and reached a three-year cross license agreement. Financial terms are confidential."

A press release from Actions: Actions and SigmaTel Settle All Patent Litigation and Enter into Cross-License Agreement

Hsiang-Wei (David) Lee, Chief Financial Officer of Actions Semiconductor, has told Actions' litigation story at the Summit on Overseas Protection of Intellectual Property of Chinese Enterprises, part of the 2007 China High-Level Forum on Intellectual Property Rights Protection in Beijing this April. That speech was, in my view, quite helpful to Chinese enterprises' business strategy in terms of IP disputes.

Metro Technologies Co., Ltd. of Suzhou loses before ITC

In the Matter of CERTAIN LASER BAR CODE SCANNERS AND SCAN ENGINES, COMPONENTS THEREOF, AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING SAME

Final Disposition: Violation Found; Cease & Desist Order; Limited Exclusion Order.

Metro Technologies Co., Ltd. of Suzhou, China 码捷（苏州）科技有限公司 and Metrologic Instruments, Inc. of Blackwood, New Jersey have sixty days to appeal the Commission’s final determination to the Federal Circuit.

背景：论美国“337调查”程序及我国企业的应对措施

The truth is?

请看《现代资本主义的挑战：保护知识产权》。

我参加了2007“中国保护知识产权高层论坛”。分论坛之一——中国企业知识产权海外保护峰会上，炬力集团的董事长李湘伟讲述的，却是一个不同的故事。

双方各执一词，可以理解。是否侵权，美国国际贸易委员会（International Trade Commission）也已有裁决。

但是，输掉了国际贸易委员会的官司，就要被剥夺公司在美国资本市场融资的权利，这样的提议，恐怕是走得太远了。