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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."

3 of 305 comments (clear)

  1. When will it end? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    "The patent covers a system to detect telephone numbers in e-mails so, when the number on the screen is tapped, they can be stored in directories or called without dialing."

  2. Re:Only a little evil by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Yes, but if you buy one of Apple's pocket-sized computers you need to constantly fight with the manufacturer to install any Unapproved Software on it.

  3. Re:Only a little evil by walshy007 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Give it time, while apple's future is hard to predict the general trend seems to be going to more lock down the better, hell with the next os x having developer signing they are paving the way for the future lock down. All they'd have to do is change a setting to refuse to run things not signed by them and the transformation would be complete.