“Over the last few months, at least two new complaints have been filed every week. It’s going to be very busy and, even though they’ve just appointed a new judge, they are still short-staffed for this pace,” says Paul Brinkman, partner at Kirkland & Ellis.
He is talking about the US International Trade Commission (ITC) where, in financial year 2017, 64 section 337 complaints and ancillary proceedings were filed, a little down on the 79 complaints filed in 2016. During 2017, there were 117 active investigations (the same as in 2016).