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Microsoft Sues US Customs For Allowing Imports of Banned Motorola Phones

Posted by timothy on from the we-seek-this-rent-wholeheartedly dept.

SmartAboutThings writes "Microsoft filed a lawsuit on Friday accusing the United States Customs of secretly meeting with Google representatives to allow imports of Motorola devices that are infringing on Microsoft's ActiveSync technology and therefore should be banned." The article lists 18 (older) Android devices that are named in the complaint; Xoom owners just got some street cred.

3 of 87 comments (clear)

  1. NSA tipped them off? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    how did they find out?

  2. Re:Rogue Fed Departments? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Check your privilege, cisgendered scum.

  3. Re:We've been cutting funding for this stuff... by CrimsonAvenger · · Score: 1, Funny

    Yet the federal budget is the largest its EVER BEEN, and the defcit is now well over 16 billion dollars

    "well over 16 billlion dollars"??

    Last I checked, the deficit is measured in TRILLIONs per year. A $16B deficit might be YESTERDAY'S deficit....

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