ITC Considers Alternatives for Live Testimony due to COVID-19
In a recently issued order, the ITC rescheduled an upcoming hearing due to the coronavirus pandemic and urged the parties to agree to have witnesses testify based on their deposition transcripts instead of live testimony at the upcoming hearing.
ITC Denies Request to Use its Early Disposition Program for Domestic Industry
In a recent Order, the ITC denied Respondents’ request to use the ITC’s Early Disposition Program which allows the ALJ to decide within 100 days certain case dispositive issues while staying discovery of any remaining issues.
ITC Modifies Filing Procedures Due to COVID-19
On March 16, 2019, the ITC implemented a temporary change to filing procedures in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. The ITC will temporarily waive and amend its rules that require the filing of paper copies, CD-ROMs, and other physical media in section 337 investigations. All filings, including new complaints, will be done electronically instead.
Show Me The Money: Only Quantitative Investment Data Can Satisfy the Domestic Industry Requirement
In a recently issued Commission Opinion, the ITC applied the Federal Circuit’s rule in Lelo emphasizing that a quantitative analysis must be performed in order to determine whether a complainant has satisfied the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement.
ITC Denies Request for Early Disposition That Requires Third Party Discovery
The ITC recently issued an order denying Respondents’ request to use the Early Disposition Program because issues regarding ownership of the asserted patents raised in the request would require third party discovery and were too complex to be resolved within 100 days.