Commission Declines Review of Remand ID, Terminates Inv. No. 650
The Commission declined review today of a May 27, 2010 initial determination by ALJ Gildea, finding no violation of Section 337 with respect to one patent, and terminated Inv. No. 337-TA-650, Certain Coaxial Cable Connectors and Components Thereof and Products Containing Same. The complainant in the investigation is John Mezzalingua Associates, Inc. d/b/a PPC, Inc., and the respondents are Aska Communications Corp.; Edali Industrial Corp.; Fu Ching Technical Industrial Co., Ltd.; Gem Electronics; Hanjiang Fei Yu Electronics Equipment Factory; Zhongguang Electronics; Yangzhou Zhongguang Electronics Co.; and Yangzhou Zhongguang Foreign Trade Co. The patents asserted were U.S. Patent Nos. 5,470,257; 6,558,194; D440,539; and D519,076.
The ALJ's initial determination was the result of a March 31 remand from an earlier determination dated October 13, 2009. In the first determination, ALJ Gildea found that every patent asserted was infringed. The Commission's March 31 order affirmed the finding of a violation of the '076 and '194 patents, but reversed the finding of a violation of the '257 patent, and remanded for additional findings on the '539 patent and the issue of domestic industry. After remand, ALJ Gildea found that the domestic industry requirement had not been satisfied for the '539 patent, and the Commission declined review and terminated the investigation.
