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15 November 2016

OUII Recommends Narrow Scope For Advisory Opinion, ITC Blog

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Of note, the Staff recommended that the scope of the advisory opinion be limited to the products actually named in the requesters' petition.
United States Intellectual Property

Under 19 C.F.R. § 210.79, the ITC can issue an advisory opinion "as to whether [a] person's proposed course of action or conduct would violate a Commission exclusion order, cease and desist order, or consent order." On November 7, 2016, The Office of Unfair Import Investigation ("OUII") issued its report in Certain Foam Footwear, ITC Inv. No. 337-TA-567 (Advisory Opinion Proceeding) recommending an advisory opinion that the requesters' products do not violate the Commission's remedial orders. Of note, the Staff recommended that the scope of the advisory opinion be limited to the products actually named in the requesters' petition.

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