[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 169 (Wednesday, September 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45468-45469]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-21125]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-685]


In the Matter of Certain Flash Memory and Products Containing 
Same; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

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ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the 
U.S. International Trade Commission on July 31, 2009, under section 337 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of Korea. A letter supplementing the 
complaint was filed on August 21, 2009. 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 flash memory and products containing same 
by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 
6,930,050 and 5,740,065. The 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 a cease and desist order.

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 http://www.usitc.gov. The 
public record for this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's 
electronic docket (EDIS) at http://edis.usitc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rett Snotherly, Esq., Office of Unfair 
Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, telephone 
(202) 205-2599.
    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is 
contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in 
section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 
CFR 210.10 (2009).
    Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. 
International Trade Commission, on August 27, 2009, 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 flash memory 
or products containing same by reason of infringement of one or more of 
claims 1, 19, 31, and 35 of U.S. Patent No. 6,930,050 and claims 1-8, 
11, and 12 of U.S. Patent No. 5,740,065, and whether an industry in the 
United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;
    (2) 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--

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 416 Maetan-3dong, Yeongtong-gu, Suwon-
City, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 443-742.
    (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:

Spansion, Inc., 915 DeGuigne Drive, P.O. Box 3453, Sunnyvale, CA 94088;
Spansion LLC, 915 DeGuigne Drive, P.O. Box 3453, Sunnyvale, CA 94088;
Spansion Japan Limited, Cube Kawasaki, 1-14, Nisshin-cho, Kawasaki-hu, 
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 210-0024, Japan;
Alpine Electronics, Inc., 20-1 Yoshima-Kogyodanchi, Iwaki, Fukushima 
970-1192, Japan;
Alpine Electronics of America, Inc., 19145 Gramercy Place, Torrance, CA 
90501;
D-Link Corporation, No. 289, Sinhu 3rd Road, Neihu District, Taipei 
City 114 Taiwan;
D-Link Systems, Inc., 17595 Mt. Hermann Street, Fountain View, CA 
92708;
Slacker, Inc., 16935 W. Bernardo Dr. Suite 270, San Diego, CA 92127;
Synology Inc., 2F-3, No. 106, Chang An W. Rd., Taipei 10351, Taiwan;
Synology North America Corp., 2899 152 Ave. NE., Redmond, WA 98052;
Shenzhen Egreat Co., Ltd., 4/F, 1 Building, Sha San Chuang Ye 
Industrial Park, Sha Jing, Bao An, Shenzhen, China;
Appro International, Inc., 446 South Abbot Avenue, Milipitas, CA 95035.

    (c) The Commission investigative attorney, party to this 
investigation, is Rett Snotherly, Esq., Office of Unfair Import 
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., 
Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and
    (3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Paul J. 
Luckern, 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(d) 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 a respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: August 27, 2009.
Marilyn R. Abbott,
Secretary to the Commission.
William R. Bishop,
Secretary to the Commission.
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