Intellectual Property Magazine
Weathering the Covid-19 storm
Elizabeth ANiemeyer and MichelleG Rice consider US procedural matters for ITC practice during thepandemic and beyond
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The novel coronavirus pandemic has disrupted regularoperations of agencies and courts across the US. The US International
TradeCommission (ITC) is no exception. The ITC has temporarily waived and amendedrequirements for filing of paper copies and
other physical media in 337investigations and delayed in-person hearings, at present, “until such time asthe agency enters
Phase Three of the Commission’s three-phase plan”.
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