Recently, the United States Moxiximu (Pass & Seymour, Inc.) The United States International Trade Commission (ITC) against 337 for investigation, accused five Chinese enterprises and 10 enterprises on the United States exports to the United States and sold in the U.S. ground fault circuit breaker (GroundFaultCircuitInterrupters, or GFCI ) its six patent infringement.

   

   Moxiximu companies require enterprises to start with 337 investigations, and proposed a limited exclusion order issued restraining orders and requests, the New York company also Moxiximu North District Court on the enterprises involved in patent infringement lawsuits filed.

   

  United States 337 survey because originated from the United States "in 1930 Tariff Law," named after the section 337 provisions, the legislation is designed to restrict their minds to the United States of products such as dumping and trade monopoly "unfair trade competition."  Then after three major amendments to the evolution of the 1994 "comprehensive trade and competition law," the 1337 to expressly authorize the ITC companies filed requests in the United States under the premise can be imported in unfair trade practices investigation and the CD; Once the judge violated Section 337, ITC issued to excluding orders or restraining orders, instructions Customs ban the import of such products and sales.

   

    This is the American Enterprise discusses products on the second pair of Chinese manufacturing enterprises drew 337 investigation, the five accused Chinese enterprises: China experts from Technology Group Limited, Wenzhou three Mongolia Electric Technology Ltd., Zhejiang Electric Company is the East, Shanghai Yi Yi and electrical manufacturing company, Shanghai Electric OK other subsidiaries.  Among them, East Zhejiang Electric Company is in early 2004 by the Chinese-leading Technology Group Limited acquisition.

   

  Ground fault circuit breaker is to protect people not to be hurt or died of electric shock devices can detect ground fault circuit to prevent fire and promptly cut off the current harm reduction. Reportedly, this involves the investigation in accordance with the American standard products for markets in the United States, not the European Union or other regional exports.

   

    Moxiximu company, founded in 1890, the global turnover of nearly 26 billion dollars, is the world's largest manufacturer of low-voltage electrical Legrand one of the largest in North America Division.  On August 16 this year, the ITC Moxiximu company official indicted five Chinese companies patent infringement. The United States International Trade members will be September 14 to decide whether corporations.

   

     Currently, the cases of plaintiffs law firms by GoodwinProcter agent; The five Chinese enterprises are actively preparing for the respondent.

   

     Wenzhou three Mongolia Electric Technology Ltd. broken Yi Chen, general manager of the "financial," said the three Mongolia Electric's annual exports to the United States discusses product sales of nearly 10 million US dollars, the survey of 337 large impact on the company, three Mongolia Electric ongoing patent analysis. According to Chen Yi broken, the United States market for products discusses the demand for the amount of three to four hundred million US dollars annually.

   

     Yi Yi Shanghai Electric Corporation and General Manager of the Office for the "financial" when interviewed by this reporter that since the United States has yet to formally file for ITC, related investigations were in the preparatory stage, it is difficult to influence and the loss clearly defined.  But clearly benefits the consumer electrical and benefits that will formally respond, and lawyers have been associated with the United States on matters relating to preparatory work.

   

    Meanwhile, Chen Yi broken, ground fault circuit breaker there is no perfect product in the domestic industry association, the United States indicted several joint enterprises still no consensus plan, the individual respondent more likely.

   

     On Sino-US businesses Ground Fault Circuit Breaker product patent disputes has long six years.  Back in July 2002, the United States Lai Fu Dayton (LEVITON) to the ITC Manufacturing Ltd. to file applications for a pair of Yueqing China and the United States benefit from China Electric Company, Yueqing Camry Electric Co. Ltd., Yueqing Wansheng Electric Co. Ltd. and SAMMAX International Limited (Hong Kong) discusses products 337 investigation.At that time, Yueqing Wansheng Electric Co. Ltd. and China and the United States Li Yueqing Electric Company hired American lawyers actively involved in the case, China eventually won.

   

    In March 2005, Levin volts Dayton indicted in the United States on the Shanghai and better technology from Qualcomm violated its "reverse connection with the protection of the circuit breaker" technology patents.  Noteworthy is that the July 10, New Mexico Federal District Court found in favor of technology from Qualcomm.