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U.S. Bans Some Cellphones For Patent Reasons

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the keeping-them-honest dept.

runner_one writes "According to the New York Times, A federal agency has banned imports of new cellphones made with Qualcomm semiconductors because the chips violate a patent held by Broadcom. The International Trade Commission said today that the import ban would not apply to mobile phone models that were imported on or before June 7." Update: 06/08 13:05 GMT by KD : Glenn Fleishman notes that Apple's iPhone will be allowed into the country, since it doesn't use any 3G chips. He adds that Apple "might have the most advanced smartphone on the market unless President Bush or his trade representative overturn the ruling (which they have the power to do)."

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  1. No big deal by sauge · · Score: 0, Redundant

    US market: 300 million people

    Asian market: 2,000 million people

    I postulate the US of the future will be a technological backwater in the coming years with it's trade policies and legal foolishness.

    If it is to hard to sell in the US, so what... there is a whole new up and coming world out there (ironically fueled by US economic suicide.)