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Looks like Samsung got denied on all the current models and can prohibit the importation of only the iPhone 4 and earlier models. Meanwhile Apple is still tryi
by WildUtah 13y ago
Looks like Samsung got denied on all the current models and can prohibit the importation of only the iPhone 4 and earlier models.
Meanwhile Apple is still trying to get the courts to ban the import of the Samsung's 2011 Galaxy Nexus based on the case last year.
Well, at least the plodding and ridiculously slow pace of justice is a good thing for once. If it takes two years to ban a model of smart phone, they'll never manage to ban one that's important in the market.
- Alterlife 13y agoIt probably depends. If the phones are already manufactured and can't be sold, two years after release or not, it would be a big hit... right in the moneys.
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- plorkyeran 13y agoHaving to sit on five days' worth of unsellable phones would not be all that painful.
- caf 13y agoNot to mention that they can just be shipped to another market and sold there.
- mitchty 13y agoI thought the 4 is still the "free with contract" phone though?
- clarky07 13y agofor another month or so...
- Samuel_Michon 13y agoI think you’re mistaken. iPhone 4S was available on October 14, 2011, iPhone 5 was first sold on September 21, 2012. Given that release cycle, I seriously doubt a new iPhone model will be announced in the coming month. However, since the iPhone 4 import ban won’t be active for another two months, the effect will be minimal for Apple.
- tome 13y agoWouldn't they have to pay a penalty for the ones they've already sold?
- josephlord 13y agoThe ITC can only issue import (and sales) bans. It has no power to compel licensing or damages. The Federal Courts handle those issues and have taken a very different view of FRAND commitments and Standards Essential Patent licensing.
- josephlord 13y agoThe reason for iPhone 4 and earlier only isn't the slow speed of the process but the fact the newer models include a Qualcomm chip so the patent exhaustion principle comes into place as Qualcomm has a license from Samsung. I believe if this wasn't the case the import ban would also apply to the newer models.