Certain Activity Tracking Devices, Systems, and Components Thereof; Institution of Investigation

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. International Trade Commission [Investigation No. 337-TA-963] AGENCY: U.S. International Trade Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a complaint was filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission on July 7, 2015, under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337 , on behalf of AliphCom d/b/a Jawbone of San Francisco, California and BodyMedia, Inc. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. A supplement was filed on July 24, 2015. The complaint as supplemented alleges violations of section 337 based upon the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, and the sale within the United States after importation of certain activity tracking devices, systems, and components thereof by reason of infringement of certain claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,073,707 (“the '707 patent”); U.S. Patent No. 8,398,546 (“the '546 patent”); U.S. Patent No. 8,446,275 (“the '275 patent”); U.S. Patent No. 8,529,811 (“the '811 patent”); U.S. Patent No. 8,793,522 (“the '522 patent”); and U.S. Patent No. 8,961,413 (“the '413 patent”), and that an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337. The complaint further alleges misappropriation of trade secrets, the threat or effect of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry in the United States. The complainants request that the Commission institute an investigation and, after the inv…