Apple, Others Granted Delay in ITC Probe Into Arigna Patent Allegations

Administrative Law Judge Monica Bhattacharyya at the International Trade Commission granted the unopposed motion by seven respondents for a two-week extension to May 6 to answer the Arigna Technologies complaint alleging smartphones and laptops from Apple, Google, Lenovo, Microsoft, OnePlus, Samsung and TCL infringe a 2007 patent on power semiconductors with short-circuit protection (see 2203310038), said her order Friday in docket 337-TA-1308. “Good cause supports” granting the request, said the respondents' Thursday motion. The extension will give the respondents -- some U.S. entities, others foreign -- the “necessary time to review and analyze the allegations” involving “numerous accused products,” and will allow all the respondents to respond on the same deadline, they said. The ITC voted March 28 to open a Tariff Act Section 337 investigation into Arigna’s allegations.