Perkins Coie Wins Determination of No Violation in Infringement Investigation for TCL

Perkins Coie has won a final determination of no violation of Section 337 in an infringement investigation for firm client TCL Industries Holdings Co., Ltd. et al. (TCL) in the matter of Certain Digital Video-Capable Devices and Components Thereof (337-TA-1224). The company was represented by Partner John Schnurer, of the San Diego office, and Partner Louise Lu, in a two-patent infringement case against Philips North America before the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC).

The patents at issue in this case relate to high-bandwidth digital content protection (HDCP) 2.0+ standard digital rights management.The ITC complaint was filed on September 18, 2020, and on October 21, 2021, Administrative Law Judge Cameron Elliott issued the initial determination finding no violation by TCL. All parties and the staff attorney petitioned for review by the ITC, which affirmed the finding of no violation on March 23. Karl Yeh, lead intellectual property counsel at TCL, called the decision a remarkable victory for TCL, acknowledging the collective effort by the TCL and Perkins Coie team.

TCL is engaged in the research, development, manufacturing, and selling of a range of consumer electronics, appliances, electrical engineering products, and information technology products.

In addition to John Schnurer and Louise Lu, the Perkins Coie team also included partners Kevin Patariu and John Esterhay (San Diego), and Emily Greb (Madison), counsel Brandon Lewis (Madison), and paralegals Goldie Wilder (San Diego) and Sherry Wei.