No. 24-180

Roku, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, et al.

Lower Court: Federal Circuit
Docketed: 2024-08-20
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: domestic-industry exclusion-order international-trade-commission multi-purpose-software patent-protection section-337
Key Terms:
AdministrativeLaw Arbitration CriminalProcedure Securities Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the ITC exceed its Section 337 authority by finding the entirety of complainant's investments in unpatented, multi-purpose software to be 'with respect to the articles protected by the patent' and by failing to consider whether such investments were 'substantial'?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Section 337’s “domestic industry” requirement is the gatekeeper to the International Trade Commission’s unique remedy of an exclusion order. For a patent owner complainant to establish a domestic industry, the plain language of the statute requires a showing of certain “significant” or “substantial” domestic investments in “articles protected by” its patent. In the case below, the patent at issue claims a physical device, but for domestic industry purposes complainant relied solely on certain investments in its unpatented software—portions of which may be incorporated into a variety of different consumer products. The ITC found specific third-party televisions running such software to be the “articles protected by” the patent, but wrongly (1) counted all of complainant’s domestic R&D and engineering investments in such software to be part of the domestic industry, and (2) found these investments to be “substantial” under Section 337 without evaluating them “with respect to” the “articles protected by” the patent. The ITC then issued an exclusion order barring importation of certain of petitioner’s products, and the Federal Circuit affirmed. The questions presented are: 1. Did the ITC exceed its Section 337 authority by finding the entirety of complainant’s investments in unpatented, multi-purpose software to be “with respect to the articles protected by the patent?” 2. Did the ITC exceed its Section 337 authority by failing to consider whether the complainant’s investments in unpatented, multi-purpose software were “substantial” “with respect to the articles protected by the patent?” (D

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-12-20
2024-12-20
2024-12-10
Brief of Federal Respondent in opposition filed.
2024-12-10
2024-11-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including December 10, 2024, for all respondents.
2024-11-14
Letter from counsel for respondent Universal Electronics, Inc. requesting an extension of time to file a response filed.
2024-11-13
Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from November 27, 2024 to December 10, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-11-13
Motion of Federal Respondents for an extension of time submitted.
2024-10-25
The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including November 27, 2024, for all respondents.
2024-10-24
Motion of respondent Universal Electronics, Inc. to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2024 to November 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-10-23
Motion of the Solicitor General to extend the time to file a response from October 28, 2024 to November 27, 2024, submitted to The Clerk.
2024-09-27
Response Requested. (Due October 28, 2024)
2024-09-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/11/2024.
2024-09-12
Waiver of right of respondent Federal Respondents to respond filed.
2024-09-12
Waiver of Federal Respondents of right to respond submitted.
2024-09-09
Waiver of right of respondent Universal Electronics, Inc. to respond filed.
2024-08-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 19, 2024)
2024-06-17
Application (23A1111) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 16, 2024.
2024-06-12
Application (23A1111) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 2, 2024 to August 16, 2024, submitted to The Chief Justice.

Attorneys

Federal Respondents
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Roku, Inc.
Matthew Joseph RizzoloRopes & Gray, LLP, Petitioner
Universal Electronics, Inc.
Kirk Timothy BradleyAlston & Bird LLP, Respondent
Ryan W KoppelmanAlston & Bird LLP, Respondent
Ryan W. KoppelmanAlston & Bird LLP, Respondent