Federal Circuit Directs ITC To Consider Revoking Or Modifying Civil Penalty For Infringement of Invalid Patent

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In a victory for Brann & Isaacson clients, DBN Holding, Inc. (formerly DeLorme Publishing Co.) and BDN LLC, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has issued an opinion reversing and remanding the International Trade Commission’s decision not to rule on the merits of a petition asking the ITC to set aside a civil penalty order....

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Federal Circuit Reins In ITC On Domestic Industry

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It has been quite a while since we last talked about the International Trade Commission, the agency charged with protecting the United States from unfair trade practices—including intellectual property violations—in the importation of goods into the U.S. market. That is in part because the venue—with its complex rules and fast pace—appears no longer to be...

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ITC Becomes House of Horrors For Respondent and Counsel

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Here’s a post–Halloween tale to chill the blood of any business accused of patent infringement and their outside litigation counsel, courtesy of Docket Navigator. On October 29, 2014, Administrative Law Judge Pender of the International Trade Commission issued a decision in which he found that the respondent, Organik Kimya of Turkey, had engaged in the...

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