Scopeof Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on October 26, 2021, ordered that— (1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended,an investigation be instituted to determine whetherthere is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation of certain products identified in paragraph (2) by reason of infringementof one or more of claims 1-5, 9-12, 14-15, and 18-19 ofthe ’826 Patent, and whether an industry in the United States exists as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337; (2) Pursuantto section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language description of the accused products or category of accused products, which defines the scope of the investigation, is “composite baseball and softball bats having a barrel formed by more than one cylindrical layer of material”’; (3) For the purposeof the investigation so instituted, the following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of investigation shall be served: (a) The complainantis: Easton Diamond Sports, LLC, 3500 Willow Lane, Thousand Oaks, CA 91361 (b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint is to be served: Juno Athletics LLC, 1000 Williams Boulevard, Unit 2703, Aventura, FL 33160 Monsta Athletics LLC, 1090 5th Street, Suite 115, Calimesa, CA 92320 Proton Sports Inc., 7904 East Chaparral Road, Suite A110, Scottsdale, AZ 85250 (4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the presiding Administrative Law Judge.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020), such responseswill be considered by the Commission if received notlater than 20 daysafter the date of service by the complainantof the complaint and the notice of investigation.
On April 5, 2021, Daewoongfiled a responseto the Settling Parties’ petition not opposing recission of the remedial orders and also including a motion for vacatur of the Commission’s final determination.
In accordance with the Commission’s May3, 2021 indicative ruling of vacatur and the Commission’s reasoningrelated thereto, and in view of the Federal Circuit’s dismissal of the related appeals as moot, the Commission hereby vacates on remandits final determination.
As she has previously stated, the Commission’s decision to exercise its discretion to grant the extraordinary remedy of vacatur requires an analysis, based on a complete record and after having heard from all parties on the issue, that includesa careful balancing of the equities, including with respect to the public interest.