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Apple Loses Bid For Emergency Ban On HTC Phone Imports

Posted by Unknown on from the itc-being-sane-you-don't-say dept.

New submitter tukang writes "The US International Trade Commission has rejected an emergency request by Apple to detain some HTC phones (including the One X and EVO 4G) at the border while the agency investigates Apple's claims of patent infringement. In May, HTC's phone shipment was held up at the border and was only allowed to pass after U.S. Customs and Border Protection received assurances that HTC worked around Apple patents, a claim which Apple disputes."

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  1. Only a little evil by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple isn't behaving well but they still have a long way to go to reach Microsoft levels of evil.

    I mean, MS included a BROWSER in their OS. ...and they didn't even give you a way to uninstall it! Now THAT is pure evil.

    1. Re:Only a little evil by TheoGB · · Score: 4, Funny

      On Slashdot I always thought that slamming Apple was fine so long as you made it clear that you were a dyed-in-the-wool *nix fanboy. I'm not sure you managed to put that across, though. Damn...

    2. Re:Only a little evil by Xphile101361 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Hey, hey, less logic. This is a apple hater vs mac fanboi discussion.

  2. New Business Opportunity for Mexican Drung Gangs by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 5, Funny

    Smuggling phones!

    It will be like Prohibition, revisited. Rich folks will have the best phones at parties, like they used to have the best booze during Prohibition.

    Will Elliot Ness triumph over Al Capone this time . . . ?

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    Schroedinger's Brexit: The UK is both in and out of the EU at the same time!
  3. 1984 by LodCrappo · · Score: 5, Funny

    When Apple famously claimed that "1984 won't be like '1984'", everyone assumed it was because they didn't want an Orwellian situation in the computer industry.
    As it turns out, Apple is totally into the idea. They just hadn't perfected the technology back then.

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    -Lod