Notice of a Commission Determination To Issue Remedial Orders Against the Defaulting Respondents; Termination of the Investigation; Certain LED Landscape Lighting Devices and Components Thereof

AGENCY:

U.S. International Trade Commission.

ACTION:

Notice.

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SUMMARY:

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has determined to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders against the respondents found to be in default in this investigation, namely, cBright Lighting, Inc. of San Leandro, California (“cBright”), Dauer Manufacturing Corp. of Medley, Florida (“Dauer”), and FUSA Corp. of Medley, Florida (“FUSA”). The Commission has also determined to impose a bond equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the entered value of the infringing products imported during the period of Presidential review. This investigation is hereby terminated.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ronald A. Traud, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436, telephone (202) 205-3427. Copies of non-confidential documents filed in connection with this investigation may be viewed on the Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its internet server at https://www.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on this matter can be obtained by contacting the Commission's TDD terminal on (202) 205-1810.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Commission instituted this investigation on April 13, 2021, based on a complaint filed on behalf of Wangs Alliance Corporation, d/b/a WAC Lighting (“WAC”). 86 FR 19282 (Apr. 13, 2021). The complaint alleged a violation of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,19 U.S.C. 1337, based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain LED landscape lighting devices and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 10,571,101 and 10,920,971.Id.The complaint further alleged that an industry in the United States exists as required by section 337.Id.The following were named as respondents in the investigation: cBright; Dauer; FUSA; Shenzhen Wanjia Lighting Co., Ltd.d/b/a WONKA of Shenzhen, China (“WONKA”); CAST Lighting LLC of Hawthorne, New Jersey (“CAST”); Lumien Enterprise, Inc. d/b/a Lumien Lighting of Acworth, Georgia (“Lumien”); and Jiangsu Sur Lighting Co., Ltd. of Jiangsu Province, China (“Jiangsu”).Id. The Office of Unfair Import Investigations is not a party to the investigation. Read More→

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/01/12/2022-00374/notice-of-a-commission-determination-to-issue-remedial-orders-against-the-defaulting-respondents