[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 79 (Monday, April 24, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21790-21791]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-10184]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Inv. No. 337-TA-431]


Certain Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Devices, 
Microprocessors, and Products Containing Same; Notice of Investigation

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.

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 March 23, 2000, under section 
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of 
Rambus Inc., 2465 Latham Street, Mountain View, CA 94040. Supplemental 
letters were filed on April 4, 2000 and April 12, 2000. The complaint 
as supplemented alleges violations of section 337 in the importation 
into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within 
the United States after importation of certain synchronous dynamic 
random access memory devices, microprocessors, and products containing 
same by reason of infringement of claims 1-24, 27, 32, and 33-39 of 
U.S. Letters Patent 6,038,195, and claims 1-3, 6-10, 13-16, 18-21, 24-
26, 29-31, 33-34, and 37-38 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,034,918. The 
complaint further alleges that there exists, or is in the process of 
being established, an industry in the United States as required by 
subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complainant requests that the 
Commission institute an investigation and, after the investigation, 
issue a permanent exclusion order and a permanent cease and desist 
order.

ADDRESSES: The complaint and supplements, except for any confidential 
information contained therein, are 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 be 
obtained by accessing its Internet server (http://www.usitc.gov).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karin J. Norton, Esq., Office of 
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 
telephone 202-205-2606.
    Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is 
contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in 
Sec. 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of practice and procedure, 19 CFR 
210.10 (1999).

Scope of Investigation

    Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade 
Commission, on April 18, 2000, 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 synchronous 
dynamic random access memory devices, microprocessors, or products 
containing same by reason of infringement of claims 1-24, 27, 32, or 
33-39 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,038,195, or claims 1-3, 6-10, 13-16, 18-
21, 24-26, 29-31, 33-34, or 37-38 of U.S. Letters Patent 6,034,918, and 
whether there exists, or is in the process of being established, an 
industry in the United States 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--Rambus Inc., 2465 Latham Street, Mountain 
View, CA 94040.

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    (b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in 
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint 
is to be served:

Hitachi, Ltd., 6, Kanda-Surugadai, 4-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-8010, 
Japan
Hitachi Semiconductor (America), Inc., 179 East Tasman Drive, San Jose, 
California 95134
Sega Enterprises, Ltd., 1-2 12 Haneda Ota-Ku, Tokyo 144-8531, Japan
Sega of America, Inc., 650 Townsend Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, 
CA 94103

    (c) Karin J. Norton, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations, 
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW, Room 401-A, 
Washington, DC 20436, who shall be the Commission investigative 
attorney, party to this investigation; and
    (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Debra 
Morriss is designated as the presiding administrative law judge.
    Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be 
submitted by the named respondents in accordance with Sec. 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 no 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 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 compliant 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 both an 
initial determination and a final determination containing such 
findings, and may result in the issuance of a limited exclusion order 
or a cease and desist order or both directed against such respondent.

    By order of the Commission.

    Dated: April 18, 2000.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
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