ITC May Be Considering U.S. Ban on Apple Products

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Posted March 14, 2013 at 1:09pm by Shalom Levytam

The ITC appears to be considering a ban on U.S. Apple products as part of a patent infringement complaint brought by Samsung, reports Bloomberg.

The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington was scheduled to issue a final decision in Samsung’s patent- infringement case yesterday. Instead, it asked for comments on how a ban would affect the market for smartphones and tablet computers. The question pertains to one of four patents that Samsung asserted against Apple, for a way that phones transmit data. The agency said it would make its decision May 31.

The move suggests that the ITC has found Apple infringing of a Samsung patent and could be looking for a way to deny the ban based on the impact to customers or the competitive market, reports Rodney Sweetland, a Duane Morris lawyer specializing in ITC cases.

“Were they not thinking about a violation, they would not need to ask for further information of this nature,” Sweetland said.

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ITC May Be Considering U.S. Ban on Apple Products

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zeppy - March 15, 2013 at 6:20am

Karma chickens coming home to roost? Apple has gone beyond the point of redemption with all of their lawsuits against fair-market competitors. Apple strives to limit real competition and therefore limits choices and harms all consumers. The Apple management team is infested with greed-driven individuals who gobble up the festering ill-gained profits while monopolizing the market-place. I want to once again love everything Apple still but cannot. Admiration belongs to the talented wonderful people who work for Apple that design, create and build the great products, these people are the real heroes.

Edwin - March 15, 2013 at 12:29am

But at least if Steve were still running Apple he could continue this well deserved vendetta against Samsung and innovate at the same time and unfortunately Tim doesn't seem to be able to manage it but I still give him an A for effort, at least he's trying and may still succeed

Bob Fry - March 14, 2013 at 2:33pm

Tim Cook made a big strategic error by continuing Steve Jobs' stupid vendettas, instead of focusing on tech. Now they're paying the price.

DavidG - March 14, 2013 at 6:00pm

True!!