Legal Opinion
United States International Trade Commission v. Jaffe
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided June 28, 2010No. 1:10cv367PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
T.S. ELLIS, III, District Judge.
This bankruptcy appeal presents the novel question whether 11 U.S.C. § 362(b)(4), the police and regulatory power exception to the § 362 automatic stay, operates to except from the stay a U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) investigation undertaken pursuant to § 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, ch. 497, 46 Stat. 590, 703 (codified as amended at 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (2006)).
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LSI Corporation (“LSI”), not a party to this appeal, is the owner of U.S. Patent No. 5,227,335 (“the '335 patent”). On April 18, 2008, LSI and another corporation filed a…
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