Options For Enforcement Of ITC Exclusion Orders

If the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC") finds a violation of Section 337, it typically issues an exclusion order against importation of the offending articles into the United States and, if there are domestic respondents with significant inventories, cease-and-desist orders precluding them from trafficking in the offending articles.  While this marks the end of the ITC investigation, it is not the end of the process of excluding the articles from commerce in the United States.  This article explains the steps that should be taken, and options available, after an ITC remedy has issued, whether your client is the complainant that has won the remedy or the respondent against whom the remedy has been imposed.