The Obama administration vetoed ITC's Samsung-requested ban on importation of Apple phones last year. That ban depended on SEPs, so perhaps Samsung should start

The Obama administration vetoed ITC's Samsung-requested ban on importation of Apple phones last year. That ban depended on SEPs, so perhaps Samsung should start over with some of its other patents. Samsung seems to have unlimited money for American legal fees but little wisdom in spending it so far. It seems quite unlikely, though, that an iconic American company like Apple will ever see an ITC action that really harms its interests sustained. It is especially unlikely to happen in favor of an Asian competitor company, given American trade politics. Apple's ITC bans against Samsung phones don't face similar barriers so far. In any case, since particular phone models are seldom sold for longer than two years and both district court and ITC cases take longer than that, it has almost always been obsolete phones targeted by injunctions. Until the companies get more clever about targeting broad classes of devices, that is some small relief for the industry from the insanity.