Trade Cases
April 27, 2016
USS Section 337 Complaint Accuses Chinese Traders of Falsifying Origin
Written by Sandy Williams
US Steel maintains that Chinese manufacturers and distributors use false documents and transship products through other countries to disguise the country of origin.
Numerous antidumping and countervailing duty orders have been placed on Chinese steel products over the years. US Steel maintains that China continues to circumvent these orders by using such methods in violation of the Lanham Act 15 U.S. Code § 1125. The Lanham (Trademark) Act was first enacted in July 1946 to prohibit activities such as trademark infringement, trademark dilution and false advertising.
