Motion to Fully Consolidate Investigations is Denied

ALJ Charneski denied, by summary order, HTC's motion to fully consolidate two recently-filed investigations in Inv. No. 337-TA-710, In the Matter of Certain Personal Data and Mobile Communications Devices and Related Software.  HTC's motion attempted to consolidate the 710 Investigation (filed by Apple Inc. and instituted by the ITC on March 30, 2010) with Inv. No. 337-TA-704, In the Matter of Certain Mobile Communications and Computer Devices and Components Thereof.  The 704 Investigation, filed by Apple and instituted on February 17,2010, names Nokia Corp. and Nokia Inc. as the sole respondents.  A total of fourteen patents are being asserted by Apple in the two investigations which have five patents in common.  (PDF)