Stay? No Way! Commission Denies Another Request To Stay An Exclusion Order

On October 20, 2016, the Commission denied yet another request for a stay of a remedial order in an investigation pending appeal to the Federal Circuit. The Commission's denial in Certain Marine Sonar Imaging Devices, Inv. No. 337-TA-921, follows a long line of decisions denying stays of remedial orders pending Federal Circuit appeal (with a recent, notable exception in Digital Models), indicating that it continues to be very difficult to stay ITC remedial orders absent an "admittedly difficult legal question" concerning the order.

Standard for Obtaining a Stay

In evaluating whether to stay a remedial order pending appeal, the Commission applies a modified version of the Federal Circuit's four-part preliminary injunction test: "(1) whether the stay applicant has made a strong showing that [it] is likely to succeed on the merits; (2) whether the applicant will be irreparably injured absent a stay; (3) whether the issuance of the stay will substantially injure the