RICOH WANTS TO BAN U.S. IMPORTS OF OKI-DATA PRODUCT

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    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601101&sid=aEzr5W4wI0nw
    RICOH WANTS TO BAN U.S. IMPORTS OF OKIDATA PRODUCT
    Ricoh Complaint Over Printer Imports Gets U.S. Trade Review
    Oct.
    09 — Ricoh Co.’s complaint seeking to bar an Oki Electric Industry Co.
    unit from importing and selling printing and imaging devices that
    infringe its technology won review by U.S. trade officials.The U.S.
    International Trade Commission in Washington today said it would
    investigate the complaint brought last month by Ricoh, the Japanese
    maker of cameras and office equipment.“By instituting this
    investigation, the USITC has not yet made any decision on the merits of
    the case,” the agency said in a statement. The agency, set up to
    protect U.S. markets from unfair trade practices, has the power to
    order a ban on imports that violate local patents.

    Ricoh also
    filed a lawsuit last month against Oki in federal court in Wilmington,
    Delaware. Ricoh contends the Oki unit is making and importing products
    including the Oki C3530n printing, copying and scanning device in
    violation of eight Ricoh patents.The ITC complaint seeks to prevent Oki products from entering the U.S.The
    ITC case is In the Matter of Certain Printing and Imaging Devices and
    Components Thereof, 337-TA-690, U.S. International Trade Commission
    (Washington). The lawsuits are Ricoh Co. Ltd. v. Okidata Corp., 09CV694
    and 09CV695, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware (Wilmington).

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