Share on LinkedInShare on LinkedIn

ARTICLE · 22 AUGUST 2018

Establishing Domestic Industry Based On Future Products

Jones Day
Jones Day
Contributor
Jones Day

Jones Day

Jones Day is a global law firm with more than 2,400 lawyers in 40 offices across five continents....

View firm profile
Explore more from Jones Day

In a recent order, ALJ Bullock indicated that it is unsettled whether evidence related to unreleased products can be used to establish that a domestic industry exists.

United StatesLitigation, Mediation & Arbitration

In a recent order, ALJ Bullock indicated that it is unsettled whether evidence related to unreleased products can be used to establish that a domestic industry exists. As a result, he denied respondent's motion to strike certain portions of complainant's expert report related to the use of such unreleased products. Certain Gas Spring Nailer Products and Components Thereof, 337-TA-1082, Order 17 (July 19, 2018).

In this investigation, Respondent Hitachi Koki U.S.A. moved to strike portions of Complainant Kyocera Senco Brand Inc.'s initial expert report related to domestic industry. 19 C.F.R. § 1337(a)(2) indicates that the domestic industry can be based on an industry that already exists or is in the process of being established. Hitachi alleged that the scope of the investigation was limited to whether such an industry "existed" so Kyocera could not use evidence of unreleased products as evidence of an industry that was "in the process of being established." Kyocera

We operate a free-to-view policy, asking only that you register in order to read all of our content. Please login or register to view the rest of this article.

See more popular content from