[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 29, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 29173]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-13371]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Inv. No. 337-TA-458]
Certain Digital Display Receivers and Digital Display Controllers
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 April 24, 2001, under section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of
Silicon Image, Inc. of Sunnyvale, California. A supplement to the
complaint was filed on May 15, 2001. 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 digital display receivers and digital
display controllers and products containing same by reason of
infringement of claims 1-12, 14, and 20 of U.S. Letters Patent
5,905,769. 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 a permanent exclusion
order and permanent cease and desist orders.
ADDRESSES: The complaint and supplement, 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 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-ON-LINE) at http://dockets.usitc.gov/eol/public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: T. Spence Chubb, Esq., Office of
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission,
telephone 202-205-2575.
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 (2000).
Scope of Investigation
Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade
Commission, on May 21, 2001, 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 digital
display receivers or digital display controllers or products containing
same by reason of infringement of claims 1-12, 14, or 20 of U.S.
Letters Patent 5,905,769 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--Silicon Image, Inc., 1060 East Arques
Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94086.
(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:
Genesis Microchip Inc., 165 Commerce Valley Dr., W., Thornhill,
Ontario, Canada L3T 7V8
Genesis Microchip Corp., 2150 Gold Street, Alviso, California 95002
(c) T. Spence Chubb, Esq., Office of Unfair Import Investigations,
U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW., Room 401,
Washington, DC 20436, who shall be the Commission investigative
attorney, party to this investigation; and
(3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Paul J.
Luckern 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 section 210.13 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR Sec. 210.13.
Pursuant to 19 CFR Secs. 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 complaint and to authorize the administrative law judge and the
Commission, without further notice to that 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 that respondent.
Issued: May 22, 2001.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 01-13371 Filed 5-25-01; 8:45 am]
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