On March 16, 2021, ALJ Cameron Elliot issued a notice
of initial determination ("ID") in Certain Mobile
Devices With Multifunction Emulators (Inv. No. 337-TA-1170).
According to the notice, the ALJ found no violation of section
337.
By way of background, this investigation was instituted on
August 12, 2019 based on a complaint filed by Dynamics Inc. of
Cheswick, Pennsylvania ("Dynamics") alleging violation of
section 337 by Respondents Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of South
Korea and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. of Ridgefield Park, New
Jersey (collectively, "Samsung") through the importation
and/or sale of certain mobile devices with multifunction emulators
that infringement one or more claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,827,153
("the '153 patent"); 10,032,100 ("the '100
patent"); 10,223,631 ("the '631 patent"); and
10,255,545 ("the '545 patent").