Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 234 / Friday, December 4, 2020 / Notices 78361 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: November 30, 2020. 

Katherine Hiner, 

Supervisory Attorney. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26660 Filed 12–3–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Inv. No. 337–TA–1233] 

Certain Active Optical Cables and 

Products Containing the Same; 

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 

October 29, 2020, under section 337 of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, on 

behalf of Cosemi Technologies, Inc. of 

Irvine, California. A supplement to the 

complaint was filed on November 16, 

2020. 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 active optical cables and 

products containing the same by reason 

of infringement of certain claims of U.S. 

Patent No. 8,948,197 (‘‘the ’197 patent’’), 

U.S. Patent No. 9,641,250 (‘‘the ’250 

patent’’), U.S. Patent No. 9,971,115 (‘‘the 

’115 patent’’), and U.S. Patent No. 

9,979,479 (‘‘the ’479 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 cease and desist orders. 

ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for 

any confidential information contained 

therein, may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help 

accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Hiner, Office of Docket 

Services, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, telephone (202) 205–1802. 

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 (2020). 

Scope of Investigation: Having 

considered the complaint, the U.S. 

International Trade Commission, on 

November 30, 2020, 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, 

5, 6, 13–15, and 19 of the ’197 patent; 

claims 1–5, 8–10, and 13 of the ’250 

patent; claims 1–6, 9, and 12–16 of the 

’115 patent, and claims 15, 18, and 25 

of the ’479 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 ‘‘active optical data 

cables, including USB cables (USB A, 

A/C, C/C [USB and Display Port altmode variations], and A/micro-B 

[hybrid]), HDMI cables, and Display 

Port cables and products incorporating 

the same’’; 

(3) 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: 

Cosemi Technologies, Inc., 1370 

Reynolds Avenue, Suite 100, Irvine, 

CA 92614 

(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: 

EverPro Technologies Company Ltd., #9 

Guanggu Road, Wuhan, Hubei 

430073, China 

Fibbr Technologies, #9 Optics Valley 

Avenue, East Lake Hi-tech 

Development Zone, Wuhan, Hubei 

430073, China 

Logitech Inc., 7700 Gateway Blvd., 

Newark, CA 94560 

Facebook Technologies, LLC, 1 Hacker 

Way, Menlo Park, CA 94025 

(4) For the investigation so instituted, 

the Chief Administrative Law Judge, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

shall designate the presiding 

Administrative Law Judge. 

The Office of Unfair Import 

Investigations will not be named as a 

party to this investigation. 

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), as 

amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 

2020), such responses will be 

considered by the Commission if 

received not later than 20 days after the 

date of service by the complainant 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: November 30, 2020. 

Katherine Hiner, 

Supervisory Attorney. 

[FR Doc. 2020–26682 Filed 12–3–20; 8:45 am] 

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