2010年10月5日,美国国际贸易委员会(ITC)投票决定对部分接地故障断路器及包含该部件的产品(certain ground fault circuit interrupters and products containing same)启动337调查。该涉案产品通过电插座对通过该设备的任何不平衡电流的检测来中断电流,以避免可能发生的触电或电死。
2010年9月3日,美国立维腾制造公司向美国ITC提出申请,指控美国市场销售及美国进口的部分接地故障断路器及包含该部件的产品侵犯了其专利权,要求启动337调查,并发布排除令和禁止令。
美国ITC最终决定将下列企业列为本案的强制应诉方:(1)福建宏安电气有限公司,(2)中国通领科技集团有限公司,(3)上海普林电子有限公司,(4)浙江Trimone电气科技有限公司,(5)浙江Easting House电子公司,(6)Menard, Inc. of Eau Claire, WI,(7)Garvin Industries, Inc. of Franklin Park, IL,(8)Central Purchasing, LLC of Camarillo, CA,(9)Harbor Freight Tools USA, Inc. of Camarillo, CA,(10)Warehouse-Lighting.com LLC of Muskego, WI,(11)SecurElectric Corporation of St. Louis, MO,(12)G-Techt Global Corporation of Atlanta, GA,(13)Frontier Lighting, Inc., of Clearwater, FL,(14)The Designers Edge, Inc., of Bellevue, WA,(15)Orbit Industries, Inc., of Los Angeles, CA,(16)Ready Wholesale Electric and Lighting, Inc., of Reseda, CA,(17)Sutherland Lumber Company of Kansas City, MO,(18)W. E. Aubuchon Co., Inc., d/b/a Aubuchon Hardware, of Westminster, MA,(19)Westside Wholesale Electric and Lighting, Inc. of Los Angeles, CA,(20)Deerso, Inc. of Cape Coral, FL,(21)New Aspen Devices Corp. of Brooklyn, NY,(22)American Ace Supply Inc. of San Francisco, CA,(23)Safety Plus Products, Inc. of McFarland, WI,(24)Ingram Products, Inc. of Jacksonville, FL,(25)American Electric Depot Inc. of Fresh Meadows, NY,(26)Contractor Lighting & Supply, Inc., of Columbus, OH,(27)Royal Pacific Ltd. Of Albuquerque, NM,(28)Littman Bros. Energy Supplies, Inc., of Schaumberg, IL,(29)Norcross Electric Supply Company of Suwanee, GA。
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