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Another Big Win for the Industry!

The news of our win in the CCM solar mount case was well earned, indeed.   Having lost a solar mount case a few years ago, our ability to prevail this time was enabled by our victory in court in a matter involving kitchen appliance handles.   We worked to get that win in the Meridian/appliance handle case because of the precedent it would set.   That precedent speaks to the core of our scope: fabricated aluminum extrusions that are kitted are subject merchandise, as long as that kit is NOT a final and finished product once assembled.   The last administration took the opinion that subassemblies should be considered a final completed product.   As a result, we lost four key decisions, one of which was solar mounting systems.   The Fair Trade Committee decided that, should we win the Meridian case on the grounds we sought, then we should re-fight these applications as they become available for us to do so.   That is what we did here, and we won!    We do have a few other updates