Countdown To Deadline For Comment Submission To The ITC

Five days remain to submit comments to the ITC's Proposed Amendments to the Rules of Practice and Procedure for Section 337 investigations: https://www.regulations.gov/, Docket No. MISC-049. The proposed rule changes include:

• Amending 19 C.F.R. § 210.12 to make clear that bare assertions without factual allegations supporting the existence of each element of the cause of action underlying the alleged unfair act or method of competition do not meet the requirements of paragraph 210.12(a)(2), to require disclosure of known domestic patent applications in addition to foreign patent applications corresponding to the asserted patents, and to formalize the requirement that a complaint seeking a general exclusion order must plead factual allegations sufficient to show that such an order is available under paragraph 337(d)(2).