Utah company alleges patent law violations

SnapRays says imports of certain powered cover plates are infringing its intellectual property rights.    Vineyard, Utah-based SnapRays LLC seeks relief from the International Trade Commission under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 for alleged intellectual property law violations by the importation, sale for importation and sale within the United States after importation of certain powered cover plates.
   SnapRays is requesting a general exclusion order for the importation of all referenced products or, in the alternative, a limited exclusion order preventing importation of the referenced products from named respondents, as well as cease-and-desist orders preventing sales of the products in the United States and for the ITC to impose a bond on the respondents’ alleged infringing articles during the 60-day statutory review period.
   The complaint lists 13 firms as respondents.
   The ITC is collecting comments through July 4 from “proposed respondents,” other interested parties and members of the public, not to exceed five pages, inclusive of attachments.
   “Comments should address whether issuance of the relief specifically requested by the complainant in this investigation would affect the public health and welfare in the United States, competitive conditions in the United States economy, the production of like or directly competitive articles in the United States or United States consumers,” the ITC said.
   Comments should include explanations on how articles potentially subject to requested remedial orders are used in the United States; identify like or directly competitive articles that the complainant, licensees or third parties make in the United States that could replace the subject articles if they were excluded; and explain how the requested remedial orders would impact U.S. consumers, among other things, the ITC said.