[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 228 (Tuesday, November 28, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58638-58639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-29053]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337-TA-379]
Certain Starter Kill Vehicle Security Systems; Notice of
Investigation
AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Institution of investigation pursuant to 19 U.S.C. 1337.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the
U.S. International Trade Commission on October 18, 1995, under section
337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, on behalf of
Code-Alarm, Inc., 950 East Whitcomb, Madison Heights, Michigan 48071-
6408. Supplements to the complaint were filed on November 2, November
13, and November 20, 1995. The complaint alleges a violation of section
337 based on the importation into the United States, the sale for
importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of
certain starter kill vehicle security systems by reason of alleged
contributory and induced infringement of claims 7 and 8 of U.S. Letters
Patent
[[Page 58639]]
4,740,775. The complaint further alleges that there exists an industry
in the United States as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
The complainant requests that the Commission institute an
investigation and, after a hearing, issue a permanent exclusion order
and permanent cease and desist orders.
ADDRESSES: The complaint, except for any confidential information
contained therein, is available for inspection during official business
hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.) in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Room 112,
Washington, D.C. 20436, telephone 202-205-1802. Hearing-impaired
individuals are advised that information on this matter can be obtained
by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on 202-205-1810.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Jane Boswell, Esq., Office of
Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission,
telephone 202-205-2582.
Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation
is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,
and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10.
SCOPE OF INVESTIGATION: Having considered the complaint, the U.S.
International Trade Commission, on November 20, 1995, ORDERED THAT--
(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether
there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the
importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the
sale within the United States after importation of certain starter kill
vehicle security systems by reason of infringement of claims 7 or 8 of
U.S. Letters Patent 4,740,775, and whether there exists an industry in
the United States as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337.
(2) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the
following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of
investigation shall be served:
(a) The complainant is--Code-Alarm, Inc., 950 East Whitcomb,
Madison Heights, Michigan 48071-6408.
(b) The respondents are the following companies alleged to be in
violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint
is to be served:
Directed Electronics, Inc., 2560 Progress Drive, Vista, California
92083
Nutek Company, 150 Muhhsin Road, Section 3, Taipei, Taiwan
(c) Mary Jane Boswell, Esq., Office of Unfair Import
Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, SW.,
Room 401-I, Washington, DC 20436, who shall be the Commission
investigative attorney, party to this investigation; and
(3) For the investigation so instituted, the Honorable Paul J.
Luckern is designated as the presiding administrative law judge.
Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be
submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR Sec. 210.13.
Pursuant to section 201.16(d) and 210.13(a) of the Commission's Rules,
19 CFR Secs. 201.16(d) and 210.13(a), such responses will be considered
by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of
service of the complaint. Extensions of time for submitting responses
to the complaint will not be granted unless good cause therefor is
shown.
Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each
allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to
constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations
of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative
law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent,
to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and
to enter both an initial determination and a final determination
containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of a limited
exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against
such respondent.
Issued: November 21, 1995.
By order of the Commission.
Donna R. Koehnke,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 95-29053 Filed 11-27-95; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020-02-P
