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Audio player involved! The ITC issued a limited exclusion order and a restraining order to Google

Audio player involved! The ITC issued a limited exclusion order and a restraining order to Google

According to the China Trade Remedy Information Network, on January 6, 2022, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) issued an announcement that a 337-part final ruling was made on specific audio players and controllers and their components and similar products (investigation code: 337-TA-1191): There was infringement of intellectual property rights in this case, and a limited exclusion order and injunction order were issued to the listed defendants, and 100% of the products involved in the case were taxed during the investigation, and the investigation of the case was terminated.

It is understood that on January 7, 2020, the United States Sonos, Inc., of Santa Barbara, CA filed a 337 case investigation application with the US ITC, claiming that the product exported to, imported and sold in the United States infringed its patent rights (U.S. patent number 9,195,258, 10,209,953, 8,588,949, 9,219,959, 10,439,896), requesting the U.S. ITC to issue a limited exclusion order. restraining order. The U.S. ITC launched the 337 investigation on February 6, 2020.

Google LLC of Mountain View, CA, Alphabet Inc. of Mountain View, CA is the listed defendant.

A 337 investigation is the practice by the U.S. International Trade Commission to investigate and impose sanctions on unfair import practices under Section 337 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930 ("Section 337"). If the imported product infringes an intellectual property right valid in the United States, the intellectual property rights holder (whether it is a U.S. or foreign enterprise) may file a 337 investigation application with the ITC and require the ITC to take relevant relief measures.

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