Commission Issues Final Determination Not to Modify Exclusion Order In Voltage Regulator Investigation
On July 19, the Commission issued its final determination not to modify the limited exclusion order entered in Inv. No. 337-TA-564, Certain Voltage Regulators, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same. The original investigation, which began in March 2006, accused certain products of Advanced Analogic Technologies of infringing U.S. Patent Nos. 6,411,531 and 6,580,258. After an investigation, the Commission issued a limited exclusion order against certain of Advanced Analog's products that were found to infringe the '258 patent.
The current enforcement proceeding was begun in October 2008 based on a complaint filed by the original complainant, Linear Technology Corp. On March 18, 2010, the presiding ALJ found that Advanced Analogic's accused products violated the limited exclusion order in place. However, the Commission determined that the products at issue in the enforcement proceeding are already covered by the existing exclusion order, and therefore modification of the order was not necessary.
