Just to add some more flavour to the matter, the European Commission has said they'd impose fines against Samsung if they tried to prevent sale of any device ov

Just to add some more flavour to the matter, the European Commission has said they'd impose fines against Samsung if they tried to prevent sale of any device over a SEP patent issue. It seems like the ITC have made a decision, which is their prerogative, that's an odds with how it's treated everywhere else. Apple hasn't got clean hands in the matter, they've been more than happy to saddle up and legal-cowboy their way into forcing decisions, but using a SEP to force an import ban is a pretty bad choice. Apple says Samsung wouldn't play ball in fair and equitable terms, that's a distinct possibility. The ITC seems to think Apple should have take the deal, so we don't know all the details yet, it'll be interesting to see what comes out.