ITC Begins IP Investigation on Blu LTE Mobile Devices

The International Trade Commission voted to begin a Tariff Act Section 337 investigation on imports of LTE wireless communication devices imported by Blu Products, the ITC said in Monday's Federal Register. In a complaint filed in March (see 1703270059), LG Electronics said Blu’s Dash, Energy, Life, Neo, Pure, Speed, Studio, Vivo, Win and R1 HD mobile phone products infringe its patents. As the technologies are essential to the LTE communication standard, LG committed to license use of the patents on fair terms, and Blu hasn't responded to LG’s attempts to negotiate a fair and reasonable licensing deal, LG said. Blu didn't reply to our queries.