Commission Issues Opinion on Remedy, the Public Interest and Bonding

On July 20, 2009, the Commission issued the public version of its June 20, 2009, Order on Remedy, the Public Interest, and Bonding in Inv. No. 337-TA-637, In the Matter of Certain Hair Irons and Packaging Thereof. The Commission determined not to review the ALJ’s finding that there has been a violation of section 337. In the Order the Commission agreed with the ALJ’s findings on remedy that there was a pattern of violation and that it was difficult to identify the source of infringing goods, thus determining that the appropriate remedy was a general exclusion order. The Commission also concluded that the public interest would not be harmed by the general exclusion order.  (PDF)