UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, DC In the Matter of: Investigation No. 337-TA-796 Certain Electronic Digital Media Devices and Components Thereof
COMPLAINANT APPLE INC.’S SUBMISSION ON REMEDY, BOND, AND PUBLIC INTEREST
PUBLIC VERSION
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I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................. 1 II. THE COMMISSION SHOULD ACCEPT THE ALJ’S RECOMMENDATION TO ISSUE A PERMANENT LIMITED EXCLUSION ORDER ..................................... 6 A. Consistent With Its Standard Practice, the Commission Should Issue a Permanent Limited Exclusion Order Directed to Samsung’s Infringing Articles ................................................................................................................... 6 B. Samsung’s Arguments for a Narrowed Limited Exclusion Order Lack Merit ....................................................................................................................... 7 1. Samsung’s request that a limited exclusion order apply only to certain product categories is contrary to Commission precedent .............. 7 2. Samsung’s request that a limited exclusion order include “special guidance” is unsupported and unnecessary ................................................ 8 III. CEASE-AND-DESIST ORDERS ..................................................................................... 9 IV. THE COMMISSION SHOULD ACCEPT THE ALJ’S RECOMMENDATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF BOND ......................................................... 12 V. REMEDIAL ORDERS ARE IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST .......................................... 14 A. Remedial Orders Would Benefit the Public Interest by Encouraging Domestic Innovation Through Protection of Intellectual Property Rights .......... 16 B. Remedial Orders Directed to Samsung’s Infringing Products Are Consistent With the Public Interest ...................................................................... 18 1. Remedial orders would not conflict with public health, safety, and welfare ...................................................................................................... 18 2. Remedial orders would not adversely affect the production of like or directly competitive articles in the U.S. .............................................. 20 3. Remedial orders would not adversely affect competitive conditions in the U.S. economy ................................................................................. 21 4. Remedial orders would not adversely affect U.S. consumers ................. 26 C. The Commission Need Not Tailor Remedial Orders to Permit any Continued Infringement by Samsung .................................................................. 27 VI. THE EXPIRATION DATES OF THE PATENTS ......................................................... 28 VII. HTSUS NUMBERS FOR SAMSUNG’S INFRINGING ARTICLES ........................... 29 VIII. CONCLUSION ................................................................................................................ 29
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Certain Automated Mech. Transmissions For Medium-Duty and Heavy-Duty Trucks & Components Thereof
, 337-TA-503, Comm’n Op., 2007 ITC LEXIS 1300 (May 5, 2005, published Aug. 2007) ...................................................9
Certain Automatic Crankpin Grinders
, Inv. No. 337-TA-60, Comm’n Op., 1979 ITC LEXIS 130 (Dec. 1979) .................................15
Certain Baseband Processor Chips & Chipsets, Transmitter & Receiver (Radio) Chips, Power Control Chips, & Prods. Containing Same, Including Cellular Tel. Handsets
, Inv. No. 337-TA-543, Comm’n Op., 2007 ITC LEXIS 621 (June 19, 2007) .....................................................................................16
Certain Digital Televisions & Certain Products. Containing Same & Methods of Using Same
, Inv. No. 337-TA-617, Comm’n Op., 2009 ITC LEXIS 2465 (Apr. 23, 2009) .......................................................................15, 19, 26
Certain EPROM, EEPROM, Flash Memory, & Flash Microcontroller Semiconductor Devices & Prods. Containing Same
, 337-TA-395, Comm’n Op. (Dec. 11, 2000) ............................................................................12
Certain Flash Memory & Prods. Containing Same
, Inv. No. 337-TA-685, ID, 2011 ITC LEXIS 589 (Feb. 28, 2011) .............................................7
Certain
Fluidized Supporting Apparatus & Components Thereof
, Inv. Nos. 337-TA-182/188, 184 ITC LEXIS 256 (Oct. 1984) ................................................15
Certain Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters & Prods. Containing Same
, Inv. No. 337-TA-739, Comm’n Op., 2012 ITC LEXIS 1458 (June 8, 2012) .........................16
Certain Hair Irons & Packaging Thereof
, Inv. No. 337-TA-637, Comm’n Op., 2009 ITC LEXIS 1221 (June 20, 2009) .................12, 14
Certain Hardware Logic Emulation Sys. & Components Thereof
, Inv. No. 337-TA-383, Comm’n Op., 1998 ITC LEXIS 138 (March 1998) ..............................6
Certain
Inclined-Field Acceleration Tubes and Components Thereof
, Inv. No. 337-TA-67, Comm’n Op., 1980 ITC LEXIS 118 (Dec. 1980) .................................15
Certain Ink Cartridges & Components Thereof
, Inv. No. 337-TA-565, Comm’n Op., 2007 ITC LEXIS 1441 (Nov. 7, 2007) .........................12
Certain Inkjet Ink Cartridges with Printheads & Components Thereof
, Inv. No. 337-TA-723, Comm’n Op. (Dec. 1, 2011) ................................................................14