ITC Judge Gives TCL 14-Day Extension to Respond to IP Probe

International Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge MaryJoan McNamara granted TCL’s motion for a two-week deadline extension to Nov. 17 to file its response to DivX allegations that TCL smart TVs infringe four patents on adaptive bit rate streaming, said her order (login required) in docket 337-TA-1222. Commissioners voted Oct. 14 to open a Tariff Act Section 337 investigation into the allegations against LG, Samsung and TCL smart TVs and MediaTek, MStar and Realtek video processors (see 2010140042). Only TCL asked for the extension, and DivX didn’t oppose the motion. The others were due to have filed their responses Tuesday.