On November 10, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the International Trade Commission (“the Commission”), holding that the Commission’s jurisdiction did not extend to the importation of electronic transmission of digital data. The majority found that the application of the 1930 Tariff Act—which confers upon the Commission the authority to remedy unfair trade practices, including patent infringement—is limited to the importation of “material things.”

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