Notice 20 Feb 2025 regulatory compliance, international trade, u.s. international trade commission, patent infringement, icemaking machines

🚫Final Determination on Patent Violations in Icemaking Machines

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission (the "Commission") has determined that: (i) the respondents have violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, by importing, selling for importation, and selling in the United States after importation certain icemaking machines and components thereof that infringe certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 10,107,538 ("the '538 patent"), U.S. Patent No. 10,113,785 ("the '785 patent"), and U.S. Patent No. 10,458,692 ("the '692 patent"); (2) the appropriate remedies are a limited exclusion order ("LEO") and cease and desist orders ("CDOs"); and (3) a bond in the amount of forty-nine percent (49%) of the entered value of the excluded products is appropriate during the period of Presidential review under 19 U.S.C. 1337(j). This investigation is terminated.

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