Certain Movable Barrier Operator Systems and Components Thereof; Notice of a Final Determination Finding a Violation of Section 337 and Issuing a Limited Exclusion Order and Cease and Desist Orders; Termination of Investigation

Issuing agencies

Abstract

Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission ("Commission") has determined that respondents Nortek Security & Control, LLC of Carlsbad, California (presently doing business as Nice North America LLC); Nortek, Inc. of Providence, Rhode Island; and GTO Access Systems, LLC of Tallahassee, Florida (collectively, "Nortek") have violated section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, by importing, selling for importation, or selling in the United States after importation certain movable barrier operators (including garage door operators) and components thereof that infringe claim 11 of U.S. Patent No. 8,587,404 ("the '404 patent"). The Commission has determined that the appropriate remedies are a limited exclusion order ("LEO") and cease and desist orders ("CDOs") against Nortek. The Commission has also determined to set a bond in the amount of zero percent (0%) of the entered value of the excluded products imported during the period of Presidential review. This investigation is hereby terminated.