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Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. v.
ITC, Nos. 2020-1046, ‑2050 (Fed. Cir. (ITC)
Jan. 21, 2022). Opinion by Moore, joined by Dyk and Cunningham.
Kyocera filed an ITC complaint asserting that Koki Holdings
violated 19 U.S.C. § 1337 by importing gas spring nailer
products that infringe, or were made using methods that infringe,
certain claims in five patents. Following an evidentiary hearing
and a review and remand by the Commission, the ALJ issued an
initial determination finding that Koki did not infringe. On
review, the Commission reversed the ALJ's noninfringement
finding and also found that Koki induced infringement. Both parties
appealed to the Federal Circuit.
