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News Release 18-068
Inv. No(s). 337-TA-1117
Contact: Peg O'Laughlin, 202-205-1819
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) has voted to institute an investigation of certain full-capture arrow rests and components thereof. The products at issue in the investigation are arrow rests having a slotted circular shaped ring with bristles pointed inwardly to provide radial support for an arrow.
The investigation is based on a complaint filed by Bear Archery, Inc., of Evansville, IN, on May 4, 2018. The complaint alleges violations of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 in the importation into the United States and sale of certain full-capture arrow rests and components thereof that infringe a patent asserted by the complainant. The complainant requests that the USITC issue a general exclusion order, or in the alternative a limited exclusion order.
The USITC has identified the following as respondents in this investigation:
2BULBS Technology Co. Ltd. of Nanjing, Jiangsu, China;
Ningbo Linkboy Outdoor Sports Co., Ltd., of Ningbo, Zhejiang, China;
Shenzhen Keepmyway Tech. Co., Ltd., of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China;
Zhengzhou IRQ Outdoor Sports Co., Ltd., of Zhengzhou, Henan, China;
Wenqing Zhang of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China;
Tingting Ye of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China;
Tao Li of Shenzhen, Guangdong, China; and
Sean Yuan of Qingdao, Shandong, China.
By instituting this investigation (337-TA-1117), the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of the case. The USITC’s Chief Administrative Law Judge will assign the case to one of the USITC’s administrative law judges (ALJ), who will schedule and hold an evidentiary hearing. The ALJ will make an initial determination as to whether there is a violation of section 337; that initial determination is subject to review by the Commission.
The USITC will make a final determination in the investigation at the earliest practicable time. Within 45 days after institution of the investigation, the USITC will set a target date for completing the investigation. USITC remedial orders in section 337 cases are effective when issued and become final 60 days after issuance unless disapproved for policy reasons by the U.S. Trade Representative within that 60-day period.