U.S.-based Netlist files a Section 337 investigation petition against Kingston, Lenovo and other companies, involving DRAM and NAND flash products.

on November 9, according to the China Trade Remedy Information Network, U.S. memory technology company Netlist filed a Section 337 complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) on November 6, alleging that certain dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and NAND flash memory devices, along with their downstream products and components, exported to the United States, imported into, or sold in the U.S. violate Section 337 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930.

The respondents named in the complaint include Kingston, Lenovo, and multiple affiliated entities, as well as U.S. companies such as CDW, Ingram Micro, and Insight Enterprises.

The case is currently in the petition stage and does not indicate that the USITC has formally instituted an investigation or determined that the involved companies have engaged in unlawful conduct.