Commission Leaves in Place LEO In Voltage Regulators Enforcement Action
In an opinion dated August 3, 2010, the Commission has determined not to modify the existing limited exclusion order, or impose a bond against respondent Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AATI), in Inv. No. 337-TA-564, Certain Voltage Regulators, Components Thereof, and Products Containing Same. ALJ Charmeski in an Initial Determination dated March 18, 2010 found that AATI's redesigned product still infringed complainant Linear Technology Corp.'s patent. Upon review, the Commission found that AATI did not act in disregard of the Limited Exclusion Order and that AATI does not maintain a commercially significant domestic inventory of accused products. Because of these facts, the Commission decided not to issue a cease-and-desist order and imposed no bond because the parties agreed that the existing limited exclusion order should remain in place.
