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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950170-24-068136"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NTGR"
cik: "0001122904"
company_name: "NETGEAR, INC."
filed_at: "2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-01T06:43:35.402011+00:00"
event_type: "litigation"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# ITC judge rules TP-Link infringed NETGEAR patents; recommends import ban

## Summary
- ALJ found TP-Link violated Section 337 by infringing NETGEAR patents 7,936,714 and 10,681,698.
- Recommended Limited Exclusion Order barring infringing TP-Link products from U.S. entry.
- Recommended Cease and Desist Order against TP-Link for import/sale/marketing of infringing devices.
- ITC Final Determination due by October 3, 2024; ruling subject to full Commission review.
- NETGEAR filed ITC complaint in April 2023; CLO Andrew Kim praised the Initial Determination.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950170-24-068136
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NTGR
- cik: 0001122904
- company_name: NETGEAR, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-06-03T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: litigation
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000095017024068136/0000950170-24-068136-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1122904/000095017024068136/ntgr-20240530.htm

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