7020-02
INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 337-TA-1386]
Certain Self-Balancing Electric Skateboards and Components Thereof; Notice of Issuance
of a Limited Exclusion Order Against the Respondent Found in Default; Termination of
Investigation
AGENCY: International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. International Trade Commission has issued a
limited exclusion order (“LEO”) against certain self-balancing electric skateboards and
components thereof of respondent Floatwheel of Guilin City, GuangXi Province, China
(“Floatwheel,” or Respondent). The investigation is terminated.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Liberman, Esq., Office of the
General Counsel, U.S. International Trade Commission, 500 E Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.
20436, telephone (202) 205-2737. Copies of non-confidential documents filed in connection
with this investigation may be viewed on the Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) at
https://edis.usitc.gov. For help accessing EDIS, please email EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. General
information concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its Internet server at
https://www.usitc.gov. Hearing-impaired persons are advised that information on this matter can
be obtained by contacting the Commission’s TDD terminal, telephone (202) 205-1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 16, 2024, the Commission instituted this
investigation based on a complaint filed by Future Motion, Inc. of Santa Cruz, California (“Future
Motion,” or “Complainant”). 89 FR 2644-45 (Jan. 16, 2024). The complaint alleged violations of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C. 1337, based upon the importation
into the United States, the sale for importation, or sale within the United States after importation
of certain self-balancing electric skateboards and components thereof by reason of infringement of

one or more of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 13-15, and 17-19 of U.S. Patent No. 9,400,505 (“the ’505
patent”). Id. at 2644. The Commission’s notice of investigation named as respondents
Floatwheel; Changzhou Smilo Motors Co., Ltd. of Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China
(”Smilo”); Changzhou Gaea Technology Co., Ltd. of Changzhou, Jiangsu, China (“Gaea”); and
Shanghai Loyal Industry Co., Ltd., d/b/a “SoverSky” of Shanghai, China (“SoverSky”). Id. at
2645. The Office of Unfair Import Investigations was also named as a party in this investigation.
Id.
On March 12, 2024, Complainant moved to withdraw its complaint and terminate this
investigation with respect to respondents Smilo, Gaea, and SoverSky. Motion Docket No. 138606 (EDIS Doc. ID 815981). On March 13, 2024, the ALJ granted the unopposed motion. Order
No. 13 (Mar. 13, 2024); unreviewed by Notice (April 12, 2024).
The complaint and notice of investigation were served on Floatwheel on January 17, 2024.
See Order No. 8 at 5 (Feb. 6, 2024). Floatwheel failed to respond to the complaint and notice of
investigation.
On February 23, 2024, the presiding ALJ issued Order No. 10, ordering, inter alia,
Floatwheel to show cause why it should not be found in default and why judgment should not be
rendered against it for failing to respond to the complaint and notice of investigation. No response
was filed to the show cause order.
On March 13, 2024, the ALJ issued an ID (Order No. 15) finding Floatwheel in default under
Commission Rule 210.16 (19 CFR 210.16). On April 12, 2024, the Commission determined not to
review and issued a Federal Register Notice to that effect. 89 FR 27450-27451 (Apr. 17, 2024).
The Commission also requested briefing from the parties and the public on the issues of remedy,
the public interest, and bonding. Id. at 42938.
The Commission has determined that the appropriate form of relief in this investigation is an
LEO prohibiting the unlicensed entry of self-balancing electric skateboards and components
thereof by reason of the infringement of one or more of claims 1, 2, 4-6, 8-10, 13-15, and 17-19 of

the ’505 patent and that are manufactured abroad by or on behalf of, or imported by or on behalf of,
Respondent. The Commission has further determined that the public interest factors enumerated in
section 337(g)(l) (19 U.S.C. 1337(g)(l)) do not preclude issuance of the LEO. The Commission has
determined that the bond for importation during the period of Presidential review shall be in the
amount of one hundred percent (100%) of the entered value of the imported subject articles of
Respondent.1 The Commission’s order was delivered to the President and the United States Trade
Representative on the day of the issuance.
The authority for the Commission’s determination is contained in section 337 of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), and in part 210 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR Part 210).

By order of the Commission.
Issued: June 20, 2024.

Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2024-13968 Filed: 6/25/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/26/2024]

Chairman Schmidtlein finds that section 337 does not authorize respondents subject to remedial
relief under subsection 337(g)(1) to import infringing products under bond during the Presidential
review period for the reasons explained in Certain Centrifuge Utility Platform and Falling Film
Evaporator Systems and Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1311, Comm’n Notice at 5, n.5
(March 23, 2023). She therefore would not permit Floatwheel to import infringing products under
bond during the Presidential review period.