US International Trade Commission Announces Investigation into Integrated Circuits and Devices
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On May 20, 2025, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) announced that it has started an investigation based on a complaint filed by Onesta IP, LLC. The complaint was originally filed on April 18, 2025, and later updated on May 8, 2025. Onesta IP, LLC is located in Wayne, Pennsylvania.
The complaint says that certain companies are violating section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930. The complaint covers integrated circuits, electronic devices that use those integrated circuits, and parts of those devices. The complaint alleges that these products are being imported, sold for importation, or sold inside the United States after importation, in ways that infringe on six U.S. patents. The patents named are:
- U.S. Patent No. 8,854,381
- U.S. Patent No. 9,519,943
- U.S. Patent No. 7,717,350
- U.S. Patent No. 11,741,019
- U.S. Patent No. 11,841,803
- U.S. Patent No. 9,116,809
The complaint also claims that there is an industry in the United States based on these patents or that one is being created.
Onesta IP, LLC asks the ITC to investigate and to issue a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders if the complaint is proven.
Scope of the Investigation
The ITC’s investigation will look at:
- Whether there is a violation of section 337 in the importation, sale for importation, or sale in the U.S. of certain products that are linked to the listed patents.
- The specific patent claims under investigation are:
- Claims 5-8, 19, and 20 of the ‘381 patent
- Claims 1-24 of the ‘943 patent
- Claims 1-25 of the ‘350 patent
- Claims 1-20 of the ‘019 patent
- Claims 1-3 and 7-10 of the ‘803 patent
- Claims 1-25 of the ‘809 patent
- Products under investigation include:
- (a) Integrated circuits that have processors
- (b) Devices with these integrated circuits, such as circuit board assemblies, graphics cards, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and computers
- (c) Parts or subassemblies of those products
Respondent Companies
The complaint lists the following companies as respondents in the investigation:
- NVIDIA Corporation
2701 San Tomas Express Way, Santa Clara, CA 95050 - Qualcomm Incorporated
5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, CA 92121 - OnePlus Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.
18C02, 18C03, 18C04, 18C05, Shum Yip Terra Building, Binhe Avenue North, Futian District, Shenzhen, China 518000 - Nothing Technology Limited
Bedford House, 21A John Street, London, WC1N 2BF, United Kingdom
Legal Process
The ITC has named the Office of Unfair Import Investigations as a party in the investigation. A Chief Administrative Law Judge from the ITC will oversee the case and assign a presiding Administrative Law Judge.
All named respondents must reply to the complaint within 20 days of receiving it. If a company does not respond on time, it may lose the right to defend itself and the ITC may decide the case based only on the information already received. This can result in exclusion orders or cease and desist orders against that company.
The judge will also collect information and hear arguments about the public interest in this investigation. The findings will be sent to the Commission, as outlined by law.
Public Information
The non-confidential version of the complaint is available online through the ITC’s Electronic Docket Information System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. For more help accessing information or for special needs, the ITC has provided contact emails and phone numbers.
This notice was issued by the ITC’s Secretary to the Commission, Lisa Barton, and published in the Federal Register on May 27, 2025.
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