Truesight Communications asks the ITC to bar imports of streaming devices from Apple, Google and Walmart

A company called Truesight Communications has asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to keep certain streaming devices from Apple, Google, Walmart and other companies out of the U.S. market. In a notice published in the Federal Register on November 13, 2026, the ITC said it had received the complaint, filed on behalf of Truesight Communications, LLC on November 9, and invited comments on how the orders Truesight wants could affect the public interest.

The complaint sets out allegations, and the ITC has not yet opened an investigation. Its notice describes the products only as “certain streaming devices and components thereof.” It names no models, does not say which patents or other rights are at issue, and says nothing about Truesight itself. The public version of the complaint is filed on the ITC's EDIS document system; we have not reviewed it.

Who the complaint names

The notice lists 19 companies as respondents. By our grouping, they belong to nine company groups.

Truesight asks the ITC for a limited exclusion order and cease and desist orders, and for a bond on the respondents' “alleged infringing articles” during the 60-day presidential review period, according to the notice.

What those orders would do

Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 covers unfair practices in import trade, including importing or selling imported articles that infringe a valid U.S. patent, a registered copyright or trademark, a mask work or a protected design. For those claims, the statute requires an industry in the United States relating to the protected articles, which can rest on substantial investment in exploiting the right, including engineering, research and development, or licensing.

If the ITC finds a violation, the statute says it shall direct that the articles concerned, imported by any person violating the section, be refused entry, unless, after considering the effect of exclusion on public health and welfare, competition, U.S. production and U.S. consumers, it finds that they should not be excluded. Such an order is limited to the companies found to be in violation. The ITC can order a general exclusion only to prevent circumvention of an order limited to named companies, or where there is a pattern of violation and the source of infringing products is hard to identify. A cease and desist order tells a company to stop engaging in the unfair acts involved.

A determination that the law was violated goes to the President, who has 60 days to disapprove it for policy reasons. Until it becomes final, the articles may still enter under a bond, set by the ITC at an amount meant to protect the complainant from injury.

What happens next

The notice gives eight calendar days from publication for written comments on the public interest, limited to five pages, and three more days for Truesight's replies. Under the ITC's rules, the Commission decides whether to institute an investigation within 30 days after a complaint is filed, unless exceptional circumstances or another listed exception applies. Counting from November 9, that is December 9, 2026, by our arithmetic.

If an investigation opens, the ITC publishes a notice in the Federal Register, and within 45 days the administrative law judge sets a target date for completing it. A target date more than 16 months after institution counts as an initial determination that the Commission can review. Our report on the ITC's Wi-Fi case against ASUS and Plume shows a later stage of the same process.

In our reading, the notice itself changes nothing for people who already own one of the respondents' streaming devices: no order has been issued, and the statute's remedies act on imports and on the conduct of companies found in violation.