WASHINGTON (May 21, 2014) — The International Trade Commission (ITC) is seeking comments on an administrative law judge's preliminary determination to issue a limited exclusion order against certain windshield wiper devices and components from Mexico.
Federal-Mogul Corp. petitioned the ITC for relief in May 2013, the company claiming that Trico Products Corp. was manufacturing windshield wiper blades in Mexico that infringed on Federal-Mogul's patents, then exporting them to the U.S. for sale.
In its July 2013 response to Federal-Mogul's charges, Trico denied them. Trico disputed Federal-Mogul's constructions of the design elements in the windshield wiper patent as either inaccurate or indefinite.