On June 15, 2022, Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. of San Jose,
California ("Velodyne") filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an
investigation pursuant to section 337.
The complaint alleges that proposed respondents Ouster, Inc. of
San Francisco, California and Benchmark Electronics, Inc. of Tempe,
Arizona (collectively, "Respondents") unlawfully import
into the U.S., sell for importation, and/or sell within the U.S.
after importation certain rotating 3-D LiDAR devices, components
thereof, and sensing systems containing the same that infringe U.S.
Patent Nos. 7,969,558 ("the '558 patent") and
9,983,297 ("the '297 patent").
According to the complaint, the asserted patents generally
relate to technologies for 3-D LiDAR devices. Specifically, the
'558 patent is directed to an improved pulsed LiDAR system that
rotates a plurality of laser emitters and avalanche photodiode
detectors ("APDs") to generate a dense 3-D point cloud,
and the '297 patent is directed to
