Hubbell Appeals ITC General Exclusion Orders, Etc. on Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters
Hubbell Inc. filed an appeal of the International Trade Commission’s ruling in the section 337 patent investigation of certain ground fault circuit interrupters and products containing same, according to documents on the website of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. In May, the ITC issued a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders blocking imports of the merchandise at issue. Petitions for review of the ITC determination have also been filed by Leviton Manufacturing Co. (CAFC Docket No. 2012-1483) and by Fujian Hongan Electric Co., Ltd. and Zhejiang Trimone Science & Technology Electric Co., Ltd.(CAFC Docket No. 2012-1493).
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(See ITT’s Online Archives 2050332 for summary of the ITC issuing a general exclusion order and cease and desist orders blocking imports of certain ground fault circuit interrupters it found to violate complainant Leviton Manufacturing Co.’s patents.)