The US International Trade Commission voted on July 15 to institute a Section
337 investigation into certain dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) devices and
downstream products and components (II), case 337-TA-1511. Named respondents
include Samsung Electronics, Google and NVIDIA. The ITC will set the
investigation termination date within 45 days of institution. Unless blocked by
the U.S. Trade Representative on policy grounds, ITC remedial orders in Section
337 cases take effect on issuance and become final 60 days after issuance.