The ITC said Friday it voted to investigate a complaint...
The ITC said Friday it voted to investigate a complaint filed by Nuance Communications, Swype, Tegic Communications and ZI Corp. of Canada against Personal Communications Devices (PCD) and Shanghai HanXiang (Coo Tek) Information Technology. The complaint, filed earlier this month,…
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alleges that PCD and Shanghai HanXiang violated patents related to “smartphones and associated touch keyboard software that permits a user to input information with increased speed and/or accuracy” and imported infringing products into the U.S. in violation of the Tariff Act of 1930. Nuance and other complainants are seeking a U.S. sales ban on the offending products and a cease-and-desist order. The ITC said Friday it will set a target end-date for the investigation -- numbered 337-TA-864 -- within 45 days (http://xrl.us/boc4dq). PCD declined to comment, with CEO George Appling saying in a statement that it’s company policy “not to comment on pending litigation."