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2All contract personnel will sign appropriate 

nondisclosure agreements. 

3Electronic Document Information System 

(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov. 

programs, personnel, and operations of 

the Commission including under 5 

U.S.C. Appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. 

government employees and contract 

personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity 

purposes. All nonconfidential written 

submissions will be available for public 

inspection at the Office of the Secretary 

and on EDIS.3

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 

and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 20, 2018. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28069 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 337–TA–1141] 

Certain Cartridges for Electronic 

Nicotine Delivery Systems and 

Components Thereof: Institution of 

Investigation 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a 

complaint was filed with the U.S. 

International Trade Commission on 

November 20, 2018, under section 337 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 

on behalf of Juul Labs, Inc. of San 

Francisco, California. 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 cartridges for 

electronic nicotine delivery systems and 

components thereof by reason of 

infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent No. 10,058,129 (‘‘the ’129 

patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 10,104,915 

(‘‘the ’915 patent’’); U.S. Patent No. 

10,111,470 (‘‘the ’470 patent’’); U.S. 

Patent No. 10,117,465 (‘‘the ’465 

patent’’); and U.S. Patent No. 10,117,466 

(‘‘the ’466 patent’’). The complaint 

further alleges that an industry in the 

United States exists as required by the 

applicable Federal Statute. 

The complainant requests that the 

Commission institute an investigation 

and, after the investigation, issue a 

limited exclusion order and a cease and 

desist orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, is available for inspection 

during official business hours (8:45 a.m. 

to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the 

Secretary, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, Room 

112, Washington, DC 20436, telephone 

(202) 205–2000. Hearing impaired 

individuals are advised that information 

on this matter can be obtained by 

contacting the Commission’s TDD 

terminal on (202) 205–1810. Persons 

with mobility impairments who will 

need special assistance in gaining access 

to the Commission should contact the 

Office of the Secretary at (202) 205– 

2000. General information concerning 

the Commission may also be obtained 

by accessing its internet server at 

https://www.usitc.gov. The public 

record for this investigation may be 

viewed on the Commission’s electronic 

docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Pathenia M. Proctor, The Office of 

Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. 

International Trade Commission, 

telephone (202) 205–2560. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority: The authority for 

institution of this investigation is 

contained in section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 

1337, and in section 210.10 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2018). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

December 19, 2018, Ordered that— 

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of 

section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended, an investigation be instituted 

to determine whether there is a 

violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of 

section 337 in the importation into the 

United States, the sale for importation, 

or the sale within the United States after 

importation of certain products 

identified in paragraph (2) by reason of 

infringement of one or more of claims 

1–3, 5–8, 12, 13, 16–20, and 22 of the 

’129 patent; claims 10, 15, 17, and 29– 

32 of the ’915; claims 1–4, 7, 8, 10, and 

11 of the ’470 patent; claims 1–7 and 9– 

20 of the ’465 patent; and 1, 4–8, 10, 12, 

14, and 16–23 of the ’466 patent; and 

whether an industry in the United 

States exists as required by subsection 

(a)(2) of section 337; 

(2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the 

plain language description of the 

accused products or category of accused 

products, which defines the scope of the 

investigation, is ‘‘cartridges for nicotine 

vaporizers, and components thereof, 

such as the mouthpiece, storage 

compartment, and heater;’’ 

(3) Pursuant to Commission Rule 

210.50(b)(l), 19 CFR 210.50(b)(1), the 

presiding administrative law judge shall 

take evidence or other information and 

hear arguments from the parties or other 

interested persons with respect to the 

public interest in this investigation, as 

appropriate, and provide the 

Commission with findings of fact and a 

recommended determination on this 

issue, which shall be limited to the 

statutory public interest factors set forth 

in 19 U.S.C. 1337(d)(1), (f)(1), (g)(1); 

(4) For the purpose of the 

investigation so instituted, the following 

are hereby named as parties upon which 

this notice of investigation shall be 

served: 

(a) The complainant is: Juul Labs, 

Inc., 560 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 

94107. 

(b) The respondents are the following 

entities alleged to be in violation of 

section 337, and are the parties upon 

which the complaint is to be served: 

DripTip Vapes LLC, 151 N Nob Hill 

Rd. #115, Plantation, FL 33324. 

The Electric Tobacconist, LLC, 3235 

Prairie Avenue, Boulder, CO 80301. 

Fuma Vapor, Inc., 605 S Westgate Rd., 

Des Plaines, IL 60016. 

Lan & Mike International Trading, 

Inc., 20435 Gramercy Place, Suite 101, 

Torrance, CA 90501. 

Lizard Juice, LLC, 8565 Somerset 

Drive, Unit A, Largo, FL 33773. 

Maduro Distributors, Inc., 245 

Roselawn Ave E #24, Maplewood, MN 

55117. 

MistHub, LLC, 1674 Barclay Blvd., 

Buffalo Grove, IL 60089. 

ParallelDirect LLC, 103 Schelter Rd, 

#20, Lincolnshire, IL 60069. 

Saddam Aburoumi, 193 Homestead 

Street, Unit D3, Manchester, CT 06042. 

Sarvasva LLC, D/b/a One Stop Food 

Mart, 32 Church Road, Maple Shade, NJ 

08052. 

Shenzhen Haka Flavor Technology 

Co., Ltd., 4F, Building B, Anjia 

Industrial Park, Gonghe Industrial Rd., 

Shajing Town, Bao’an District, 

Shenzhen City, Guangdong, China 

518104. 

Shenzhen OCIGA Technology Co., 

Ltd., 4F, Building B, Anjia Industrial 

Park, Gonghe Industrial Rd, Shajing 

Town, Bao’an District, Shenzhen City, 

Guangdong Province, China 518104. 

Shenzhen OVNS Technology Co., 

Ltd., 6F, North Side Of Xinlong Tech 

Park, No. 2, Dawangshan Industrial 1st 

Road, Shajing Town, Bao’an District, 

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China 518101. 


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Shenzhen Yibo Technology Co., Ltd., 

E District 4F, 5 Building, Wen Ge 

Industrial Zone, Heshuikou, Gongming 

St., Guangming New District, Shenzhen 

City, Guangdong Province, China 

518106. 

Twist Vapor Franchising, LLC, 14937 

Bruce B Downs Boulevard, Tampa, FL 

33613. 

United Wholesale LLC, 73 Linden 

Street, Glastonbury, CT 06033. 

Vape4U LLC, 8926 Benson Ave. Ste E, 

Montclair, CA 91763. 

Vaperz LLC, 19818 S Harlem Ave., 

Frankfort, IL 60423. 

Vaportronix, LLC, 2941 NE 185th 

Street, Aventura, FL 33180. 

Vapor 4 Life Holdings, Inc., 4080 

Commercial Ave., Suite A, Northbrook, 

IL 60062. 

The ZFO, 42 Nichols St., Suite 14, 

Spencerport, NY 14559. 

Ziip Lab Co., Ltd., E District 4F, 5 

Building, Wen Ge Industrial Zone, 

Heshuikou, Gongming St., Guangming 

New District, Shenzhen City, 

Guangdong Province, China 518106. 

Ziip Lab S.A., Ave. Golero, 911 Office 

27, Punta del Este—Maldonado, 

Uruguay, 20100. 

(c) The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 

401, Washington, DC 20436; and 

(5) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Chief Administrative Law Judge, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

shall designate the presiding 

Administrative Law Judge. 

Responses to the complaint and the 

notice of investigation must be 

submitted by the named respondents in 

accordance with section 210.13 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 

19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), such 

responses will be considered by the 

Commission if received not later than 20 

days after the date of service by the 

Commission of the complaint and the 

notice of investigation. Extensions of 

time for submitting responses to the 

complaint and the notice of 

investigation will not be granted unless 

good cause therefor is shown. 

Failure of a respondent to file a timely 

response to each allegation in the 

complaint and in this notice may be 

deemed to constitute a waiver of the 

right to appear and contest the 

allegations of the complaint and this 

notice, and to authorize the 

administrative law judge and the 

Commission, without further notice to 

the respondent, to find the facts to be as 

alleged in the complaint and this notice 

and to enter an initial determination 

and a final determination containing 

such findings, and may result in the 

issuance of an exclusion order or a cease 

and desist order or both directed against 

the respondent. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 20, 2018. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28068 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—DVD Copy Control 

Association 

Notice is hereby given that, on 

December 5, 2018, pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the National Cooperative 

Research and Production Act of 1993, 

15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), the 

DVD Copy Control Association (‘‘DVD 

CCA’’) has filed written notifications 

simultaneously with the Attorney 

General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing changes in its 

membership. The notifications were 

filed for the purpose of extending the 

Act’s provisions limiting the recovery of 

antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages 

under specified circumstances. 

Specifically, Shenzhen Soling Industrial 

Co., Ltd., Shenzhen City, Guangdong, 

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, has 

been added as a party to this venture. 

Also, Fujitsu Limited, Nakahara-ku, 

Kawasaki, JAPAN; and Koninklijke 

Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, 

NETHERLANDS, have withdrawn as 

parties to this venture. 

No other changes have been made in 

either the membership or planned 

activity of the group research project. 

Membership in this group research 

project remains open, and DVD CCA 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On April 11, 2001, DVD CCA filed its 

original notification pursuant to Section 

6(a) of the Act. The Department of 

Justice published a notice in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on August 3, 2001 (66 FR 40727). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on August 14, 2018. A 

notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on September 4, 2018 (83 FR 

44903). 

Suzanne Morris, 

Chief, Premerger and Division Statistics Unit, 

Antitrust Division. 

[FR Doc. 2018–28041 Filed 12–26–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–11–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Drug Enforcement Administration 

[Docket No. 2018–48] 

Stephen R. Kovacs, D.O.; Decision and 

Order 

On August 2, 2018, the Assistant 

Administrator, Diversion Control 

Division, Drug Enforcement 

Administration (hereinafter, DEA or 

Government), issued an Order to Show 

Cause to Stephen R. Kovacs, D.O. 

(hereinafter, Respondent), of Owasso 

and Claremore, Oklahoma. Order to 

Show Cause (hereinafter, OSC), at 1. 

The Show Cause Order proposes the 

revocation of Respondent’s Certificates 

of Registration on the ground that he has 

‘‘no state authority to handle controlled 

substances’’ in Oklahoma, the State in 

which he is registered with the DEA. Id. 

(citing 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3)). It also 

proposes the denial of ‘‘any applications 

for renewal or modification of such 

registrations and any applications for 

any other DEA registrations.’’ OSC, at 1 

(citing 21 U.S.C. 824(a)(3)). 

Regarding jurisdiction, the Show 

Cause Order alleges that Respondent 

holds DEA Certificate of Registration 

No. BK9173840 at the registered address 

of 10314 N 138th E Ave., Suite 101, 

Owasso, Oklahoma 74055. OSC, at 2. 

This registration, the OSC alleges, 

authorizes Respondent to dispense 

controlled substances in schedules II 

through V as a practitioner-DW/275. Id. 

The Show Cause Order alleges that this 

registration expires on December 31, 

2019. Id. 

The Show Cause Order further alleges 

that Respondent holds DEA Certificate 

of Registration No. BK7370492 at the 

registered address of 985 West Will 

Rogers Blvd., Claremore, OK 74017, 

with a mailing address of 13616 E 103rd 

St. N, Ste. A, Owasso, Oklahoma 74055. 

Id. This registration, the OSC alleges, 

authorizes Respondent to dispense 

controlled substances in schedules II 

through V as a practitioner. Id. The 

Show Cause Order alleges that this 

registration expires on December 31, 

2018. Id. 

The substantive ground for the 

proceeding, as alleged in the Show 

Cause Order, is that Respondent is 


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