Motorola Asks ITC To Ban BlackBerry Imports

alphadogg writes "Patent litigation between Motorola and Research In Motion is heating up, with Motorola filing a complaint with the US International Trade Commission. In the complaint, Motorola alleges that RIM engages in unfair trade practices by importing and selling products that infringe five Motorola patents. The patents cover technologies related to Wi-Fi access, application management, user interface, and power management, Motorola said. Motorola is asking the ITC to investigate RIM and bar the company from importing, marketing, and selling products in the US that use the technologies."

Comments

The logical result of all the IP madness

[imarsman]

Instead of spurring new ideas and having them spread around and serve the public good the skewed IP landscape has moved us in the opposite direction towards protectionism.

Re:The logical result of all the IP madness

[Calinous]

The parent isn't troll (except that it's not explicit protectionism by the government, but implicit based on the IP rights)

Re:Americans. explain how this is 'free market'.

[sadler121]

With raw, uncontrolled capitalism, there would be no patents or copyrights, which means there would be no way for corporations to get the government to be there thugs and stifle competitive efforts.

Re:Americans. explain how this is 'free market'.

[sznupi]

Yeah, and in raw, uncontrolled communism there would be no way for self-appointed elite to get the government (of the people!!!) to be their thugs...

Or the elite themselves would simply be thugs (but certainly not corporations in raw capitalism, no way...)

documenting it on http://en.swpat.org

[H4x0r Jim Duggan]

Since patents aren't specific to any company, this means Motorola thinks all imports incorporating "Wi-Fi access, application management, user interface, or power management" should be subject to a veto by them.

    This demonstrates again why patents don't work with software:

• Used for sabotage rather than competition
• Infringement is unavoidable - imagine telling your customers you've decided to leave out Wi-Fi and power management!
• Harm to standards - software just *has* to use existing ideas, compatibility with other software and with usage paterns is essential

There's no page yet on swpat.org for Motorola or for RIM or for their litigation(s). If someone could start pages for any of those, that would be welcome.