SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Authority: The authority for institution of this investigation is contained in section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, and in section 210.10 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10 (2024).

Scope of Investigation: Having considered the complaint, the U.S. International Trade Commission, on December 5, 2024, ordered that —

(1) Pursuant to subsection (b) of section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, an investigation be instituted to determine whether there is a violation of subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 337 in the importation into the United States, the sale for importation, or the sale within the United States after importation of certain products identified in paragraph (2) by reason of infringement of one or more of claims 18-23 of the '758 patent; and claims 1, 2, 8-12, and 14-16 of the '646 patent; the claim of the 'D563 patent; the claim of the 'D724 patent; the claim of the 'D237 patent; and the claim of the 'D090 patent, and whether an industry in the United States exists or is in the process of being established as required by subsection (a)(2) of section 337;

(2) Pursuant to section 210.10(b)(1) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.10(b)(1), the plain language description of the accused products or category of accused products, which defines the scope of the investigation, is “cutting machines and heat press machines for use in crafting and components thereof”; ^[1]

(3) For the purpose of the investigation so instituted, the following are hereby named as parties upon which this notice of investigation shall be served:

(a) The complainant is: Cricut, Inc., 10855 South River Front Parkway, South Jordan, Utah 84095.

(b) The respondents are the following entities alleged to be in violation of section 337, and are the parties upon which the complaint is to be served:

Hunan Sijiu Technology, Co. Ltd., 1301, Building B-8, Lugu Yuyuan Production Workshop, No. 27 Wenxuan Road, High-tech Zone, Changsha, China 410000

Hunan Sijiu Electronic Technology Co., Ltd., 1301, Building B-8, Lugu Yuyuan Production Workshop, No. 27 ( printed page 99906) Wenxuan Road, High-tech Zone, Changsha, China 410000

Guangdong Rongtu Technology Co., Ltd., Floor 8, No. 15, Huafa Road, Huakou Community, Ronggui Street, Sunde District, Foshan City, Guangdong Province, China 528305

LiPing Zhan, No. 187, Yanglinguan Street, Xingou Town, Jianli County, Jingzhou, China 433300

SainStore Technology Co., Ltd., Room 908, Building 2, No. 16, Keji 4th Road, Songshan Lake Park, Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, China 523808

Shanghai Sishun E-commerce Co., Ltd., 5th Floor, Building 6, Lane 958, Jinsha Jiangxi Road, Jiading District, Shanghai, China 201824

Bozhou Wanxingyu Technology Co. Ltd., No. 26, Guangming Rd., Qiaocheng Dist., Bozhou, Anhui, China, 236800

Bozhou Zhongdaxiang Technology Co., Ltd., No. 41, Zhaoyangzhuang Vil., Dawang Xingzheng Vil., Niuji Town, Qiaocheng Dist., Bozhou, Anhui, China 236800

(c) The Office of Unfair Import Investigations, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Suite 401, Washington, DC 20436; and

(4) For the investigation so instituted, the Chief Administrative Law Judge, U.S. International Trade Commission, shall designate the presiding Administrative Law Judge.

Responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation must be submitted by the named respondents in accordance with section 210.13 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, 19 CFR 210.13. Pursuant to 19 CFR 201.16(e) and 210.13(a), as amended in 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020), such responses will be considered by the Commission if received not later than 20 days after the date of service by the complainant of the complaint and the notice of investigation. Extensions of time for submitting responses to the complaint and the notice of investigation will not be granted unless good cause therefor is shown.

Failure of a respondent to file a timely response to each allegation in the complaint and in this notice may be deemed to constitute a waiver of the right to appear and contest the allegations of the complaint and this notice, and to authorize the administrative law judge and the Commission, without further notice to the respondent, to find the facts to be as alleged in the complaint and this notice and to enter an initial determination and a final determination containing such findings, and may result in the issuance of an exclusion order or a cease and desist order or both directed against the respondent.

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