ITC Judge Calls For US Xbox Import Ban

symbolset writes "In the long running dispute between Motorola and Microsoft, Judge David Shaw of the ITC recommended Monday an import ban on Xbox 360 S consoles, as they are found to infringe Motorola's patents (PDF). The judge also ordered Microsoft post a bond of 7 percent of the retail price of all unsold U.S. Xbox inventory. The decision will go to the ITC's board of commissioners, who will either uphold the recommendation or overturn it. 'Microsoft argued that Shaw's exclusion order does not serve the public interest because it would leave consumers of video game consoles with only two options to satisfy their needs: the Sony Playstation and the Nintendo Wii. Shaw rejected that argument, finding that the public interest in enforcing intellectual property rights outweighs any potential economic impact on video game console buyers.'" This follows news last week of Microsoft winning an import ban on Motorola's Android devices.

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Re:Ridiculous patent system

[Anonymous Coward]

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Re:Ridiculous patent system

[cpu6502]

>>>The hard work (discovering new drug targets) is done by the NIH anyway.

False.

And profit motive is what makes a doctor or hospital desire to do a better job (and draw customers away from the competition). If the profit motive did not exist and they knew they would get paid anyway, even if they did a shitty job, then they'd be like government-employed teachers. Let me cue-up the video where a teacher was criticizing Mitt Romney as a bully, but then threatened to cane a student who called Obama a bully too. The student said, "They cannot take away your right to have your opinion." The teacher states, "OK, do I have to get my cane? As a social studies teacher, I cannot allow you to slander any President." The teacher cannot be fired, so she keeps getting paid even as she does a lousy job. http://www.infowars.com/teacher-yells-at-student-criminal-offense-to-criticize-obama/