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of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to the investigations. 

Background 

On March 1, 2012, a petition was filed 

with the Commission and Commerce by 

Elkay Manufacturing Company, Oak 

Brook, IL, alleging that an industry in 

the United States is materially injured 

or threatened with material injury by 

reason of LTFV imports of drawn 

stainless sinks and subsidized imports 

of drawn stainless sinks from China. 

Accordingly, effective March 1, 2012, 

the Commission instituted 

countervailing duty investigation No. 

701–TA–489 and antidumping duty 

investigation No. 731–TA–1201 

(Preliminary). 

Notice of the institution of the 

Commission’s investigations and of a 

public conference to be held in 

connection therewith was given by 

posting copies of the notice in the Office 

of the Secretary, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, Washington, DC, 

and by publishing the notice in the 

Federal Register of March 7, 2012 (77 

FR 13631). The conference was held in 

Washington, DC, on March 22, 2012, 

and all persons who requested the 

opportunity were permitted to appear in 

person or by counsel. 

The Commission transmitted its 

determinations in these investigations to 

the Secretary of Commerce on April 16, 

2012. The views of the Commission are 

contained in USITC Publication 4317 

(April 2012), entitled Drawn Stainless 

Steel Sinks from China: Investigation 

Nos. 701–TA–489 and 731–TA–1201 

(Preliminary). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: April 17, 2012. 

James R. Holbein, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9590 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Inv. No. 337–TA–565] 

Certain Ink Cartridges and 

Components Thereof; Modification of 

Remedial Orders and Termination of 

Consolidated Advisory Opinion and 

Modification Proceedings 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has modified the general 

exclusion order and a cease and desist 

order to cover components of ink 

cartridges and terminated the abovecaptioned consolidated advisory 

opinion and modification proceedings. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Haldenstein, Office of the 

General Counsel, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW., 

Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 

205–3041. Copies of all nonconfidential 

documents filed in connection with this 

investigation are or will be 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., Washington, DC 20436, 

telephone 202–205–2000. General 

information concerning the Commission 

may also be obtained by accessing its 

Internet server (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/. Hearing-impaired 

persons are advised that information on 

the matter can be obtained by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission instituted the underlying 

investigation in this matter on March 

23, 2006, based on a complaint filed by 

Epson Portland, Inc. of Oregon; Epson 

America, Inc. of California; and Seiko 

Epson Corporation of Japan (collectively 

‘‘Epson’’). 71 FR 14720 (March 23, 

2006). The complaint, as amended, 

alleged violations of section 337 of the 

Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘section 337’’) in the 

importation into the United States, the 

sale for importation, and the sale within 

the United States after importation of 

certain ink cartridges and components 

thereof by reason of infringement of 

claim 7 of U.S. Patent No. 5,615,957; 

claims 18, 81, 93, 149, 164 and 165 of 

U.S. Patent No. 5,622,439; claims 83 and 

84 of U.S. Patent No. 5,158,377; claims 

19 and 20 of U.S. Patent No. 5,221,148; 

claims 29, 31, 34 and 38 of U.S. Patent 

No. 5,156,472; claim 1 of U.S. Patent 

No. 5,488,401; claims 1–3 and 9 of U.S. 

Patent No. 6,502,917; claims 1, 31 and 

34 of U.S. Patent No. 6,550,902; claims 

1, 10 and 14 of U.S. Patent No. 

6,955,422; claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 

7,008,053; and claims 21, 45, 53 and 54 

of U.S. Patent No. 7,011,397. The 

complaint further alleged that an 

industry in the United States exists as 

required by subsection (a)(2) of section 

337. The complainants requested that 

the Commission issue a general 

exclusion order and cease and desist 

orders. The Commission named as 

respondents 24 companies located in 

China, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, and 

the United States. Several respondents 

were terminated from the investigation 

on the basis of settlement agreements or 

consent orders or were found in default. 

On March 30, 2007, the presiding 

administrative law judge (ALJ) issued a 

final ID in the investigation finding a 

violation of section 337 with respect to 

certain respondents. He found the 

asserted claims valid and infringed by 

certain respondents’ products. He 

recommended issuance of a general 

exclusion order, limited exclusion 

order, and cease and desist orders 

directed to certain respondents and 

bond in the amount of $13.60 per 

cartridge during the Presidential review 

period. 

On October 19, 2007, after review, the 

Commission made its final 

determination in the investigation, 

finding a violation of section 337. The 

Commission issued a general exclusion 

order, limited exclusion order, and 

cease and desist orders directed to 

several domestic respondents. The 

Commission also determined that the 

public interest factors enumerated in 19 

U.S.C. 1337(d), (f), and (g) did not 

preclude issuance of the aforementioned 

remedial orders, and that the bond 

during the Presidential review period 

would be $13.60 per cartridge for 

covered ink cartridges. 

On December 13, 2010, two 

respondents in the underlying 

investigation, Ninestar Technology Co., 

Ltd. and Ninestar Technology Company, 

Ltd. (‘‘Ninestar U.S.’’) (collectively, 

‘‘Ninestar’’), filed a request with the 

Commission asking for institution of an 

advisory opinion proceeding and a 

petition for modification of the general 

exclusion order and a cease and desist 

order directed to Ninestar U.S. to 

indicate that certain design-around ink 

cartridges are not covered by the 

Commission’s orders. On February 3, 

2011, Epson filed a petition for 

modification of the general exclusion 

order and the cease and a desist order 

issued to Ninestar U.S. to indicate that 

components of certain ink cartridges are 

covered by the orders. Epson asked that 

the requested proceedings be 

consolidated along with the advisory 

opinion proceeding requested by 

Ninestar and assigned to an 

administrative law judge (ALJ). On 

March 18, 2011, the Commission 

instituted the requested consolidated 

advisory opinion and modification 

proceedings. 

On February 8, 2012, Epson and 

Ninestar filed a joint motion asking the 

Commission to terminate the advisory 

opinion and modification proceedings 

requested by Ninestar based upon a 

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Ninestar and Epson. On February 14, 

2012, the ALJ issued an initial 

determination (ID) granting the joint 

motion. No petitions for review of the ID 

were filed. 

On February 8, 2012, Epson filed a 

motion for summary determination with 

respect to Epson’s petition for 

modification of the remedial orders. On 

February 13, 2012, Ninestar filed a nonopposition to Epson’s motion. On 

February 21, 2012, the ALJ issued a 

Recommendation on Modification of the 

Remedial Orders. Based on undisputed 

facts and the arguments of Epson and 

Ninestar, the ALJ recommended 

modifying the general exclusion order 

and cease and desist order to include 

components of ink cartridges. 

The Commission has determined to 

adopt the ALJ’s recommendation and 

modify the general exclusion order and 

the cease and desist order issued to 

Ninestar U.S. to include components of 

ink cartridges, as well as ink cartridges. 

The consolidated advisory and 

modification proceedings are 

terminated. 

The authority for the Commission’s 

determination is contained in section 

337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in 

sections 210.76 and 210.79 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 210.76, 210.79). 

By Order of the Commission. 

Issued: April 16, 2012. 

James R. Holbein, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9505 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993; Advanced Media Workflow 

Association, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on March 

27, 2012, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), Advanced Media 

Workflow Association, Inc. 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, 

Media-Alliance, Brescia, SPAIN; and 

SuperSport, Randburg, Johannesburg, 

SOUTH AFRICA, have been added as 

parties to this venture. 

Also, MBC Group, Dubai, UNITED 

ARAB EMIRATES; National 

Geographical-Intelligence Agency, 

Herndon, VA; SAIC, McLean, VA; 

Toshiba, Wayne, NJ; John Footen 

(individual member), Lansdowne, VA; 

Robert Gummesson (individual 

member), London, UNITED KINGDOM; 

Gwynne McConkey (individual 

member), Leonia, NJ; and Salvador Villa 

Vidaler, Madrid, SPAIN, 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 Advanced 

Media Workflow Association, Inc. 

intends to file additional written 

notifications disclosing all changes in 

membership. 

On March 28, 2000, Advanced Media 

Workflow Association, Inc. 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 June 29, 2000 (65 FR 40127). 

The last notification was filed with 

the Department on December 21, 2011. 

A notice was published in the Federal 

Register pursuant to Section 6(b) of the 

Act on January 20, 2012 (77 FR 3007). 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9523 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—3D PDF Consortium, Inc. 

Notice is hereby given that, on March 

27, 2012, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 

National Cooperative Research and 

Production Act of 1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 

et seq. (‘‘the Act’’), 3D PDF Consortium, 

Inc. (‘‘3D PDF’’) has filed written 

notifications simultaneously with the 

Attorney General and the Federal Trade 

Commission disclosing (1) the identities 

of the parties to the venture and (2) the 

nature and objectives of the venture. 

The notifications were filed for the 

purpose of invoking the Act’s provisions 

limiting the recovery of antitrust 

plaintiffs to actual damages under 

specified circumstances. 

Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, 

the identities of the parties to the 

venture are PROSTEP AG, Dolivostr, 

Darmstadt, GERMANY; Adobe Systems 

Incorporated, San Jose, CA; Anark 

Corporation, Boulder, CO; Aras 

Corporation, Andover, MA; Tetra 4D, 

LLC, Seattle, WA; Tech Soft 3D, 

Berkeley, CA; and EOS Solutions 

Corporation, Rochester, MI. 

The general areas of 3D PDF’s 

planned activity are (a) to demonstrate 

the value and promote the use of 

products complying with standards 

enabling three dimensional 

representation, such as 3D PDF, the PRC 

data format, and PDF/E 2.0 

(‘‘Specifications’’); (b) to communicate 

information regarding the updating and 

the development of existing and 

additional Specifications beneficial to 

providers and consumers of three 

dimensional rendering solutions; and (c) 

to educate international standards 

committees and government bodies 

about the needs of developers and users 

of Specification-compliant products and 

services. 

In support of these purposes, 3D PDF 

may engage in some or all of the 

following activities: (a) Host committees 

that develop materials in support of 3D 

PDF’s mission; (b) operate a branding 

program based upon distinctive 

trademarks to create high customer 

awareness of, demand for, and 

confidence in products designed in 

compliance with Specifications; (c) 

create printed and electronic materials 

for distribution to members and nonmembers; (d) maintain its own Web site; 

(e) coordinate the promotion of 

Specifications among members and nonmembers, as well as create basic 

marketing promotional collateral (e.g., 

both web pages as well as tangible 

materials); (f) maintain relations with 

standard-setting organizations and 

industry consortia to promote coherence 

among Specifications; and (g) undertake 

such other activities as the Board of 

Directors may from time to time 

approve. 3D PDF is not engaged in and 

does not intend to engage in production 

activities. 

Patricia A. Brink, 

Director of Civil Enforcement, Antitrust 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9521 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Antitrust Division 

Notice Pursuant to the National 

Cooperative Research and Production 

Act of 1993—OpenSAF Foundation 

Notice is hereby given that, on March 

30, 2012, pursuant to Section 6(a) of the 


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