ITC Ends Probe Into Philips Allegations of HDCP Patent Infringement

The International Trade Commission voted March 23 to terminate its Tariff Act Section 337 investigation (docket 337-TA-1224) into allegations that many PC, TV and chip companies infringed Philips patents on high-bandwidth digital content protection, said a notice in Tuesday’s Federal Register. The ITC found no Section 337 violations because the asserted claims of two patents weren't infringed and “domestic industry products do not practice the claims” of the two patents, it said. Philips filed a complaint in fall 2020 naming Dell, HP and Lenovo PCs, Hisense, LG and TCL smart TVs and Intel, MediaTek and Realtek processors as respondents (see 2010190036).