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The ITC Is Dead, Long Live the ITC

In the last decade, the ITC has been an increasingly popular forum for litigating IP rights, largely because it offers a quick and forceful remedy in the form of an exclusion order, which can exclude infringing products from the U.S. market. In recent months, several important decisions have caused some to question the continuing vitality of the ITC as forum.

25 minute read June 02, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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Elizabeth A. Niemeyer and C. Brandon Rash
The ITC Is Dead, Long Live the ITC

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) administers U.S. trade laws, including Section 337 investigations concerning allegations of unfair competition based on alleged infringement of intellectual property rights.

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