Protecting Crucible Materials Corporation from eight competitors

On behalf of Crucible Materials, we filed an ITC patent infringement case involving industrial neodymium-iron-boron magnets and prevailed against all eight respondents. We obtained a combination of consent orders, cease and desist orders, limited exclusion orders, and general exclusion orders against Chinese competitors. The general exclusion order prohibits all of Crucible’s foreign competitors from importing infringing magnets, regardless of whether they were parties to the ITC case. We later brought an enforcement action that resulted in civil penalties of $1.5 million against several respondents. The civil penalty was affirmed on appeal.