Funai Seeks Remedies for Infringement of Digital Television Patents in the U.S. by filing a Complaint with the ITC

OSAKA--Funai Electric announced today that on October 15, 2007 (US Eastern Standard Time), Funai Electric Co., Ltd. and Funai Corporation, Inc. filed a formal Complaint with the International Trade Commission (ITC) against 14 manufacturers and importers of digital televisions and other ATSC(*1) related products.  Funai seeks from the ITC: (a) an exclusion order prohibiting the entry into the United States of all of accused infringers’ imported digital televisions and products containing digital televisions that are covered by Funai’s digital television patents; and (b) cease and desist orders directed to the accused infringers to halt them from importing, offering for sale, marketing, advertising, demonstrating, warehousing, distributing, selling and/or using such imported digital televisions and products in the United States.  This is an additional step by Funai as it earlier filed suits in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, seeking damages resulting from infringement of Funai’s digital television patents.  Funai expects that if the investigation is instituted, a trial will be concluded by October 2008.

 

*1	The digital television system used in the United States is described by a set of standards published by the Advanced Television Standards Committee (ATSC).

Complaint to the ITC

1.	Date of filing:	October 15, 2007
2.	Filed with:	United States International Trade Commission
3.	Filed by:	Funai Electric Co., Ltd. and Funai Corporation, Inc.

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Filed against 14 companies, as follow:

(1) Vizio, Inc., formerly known as V. Inc. / (2) Amtran Technology Co., Ltd / (3) Syntax-Brillian Corporation / (4) Taiwan Kolin Co., Ltd / (5) Polaroid Corporation / (6) Petters Group Worldwide, LLC / (7) Proview International Holdings, Ltd. / (8) Proview Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. / (9) Proview Technology, Inc. / (10) TPV Technology, Ltd./ (11) TPV International (USA), Inc. / (12) Top Victory Electronics (Taiwan) Co., Ltd / (13) Envision Peripherals, Inc. and (14) International Reliance Corp.

5.	Products:	Digital televisions and products containing digital televisions
6.	Scope of Complaint:	To prohibit importation to the United States of the named products and to prevent distribution of such products imported previously.

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Funai Seeks Remedies for Infringement of Digital Television Patents in the U.S. by filing a Complaint with the ITC [PDF:19KB]