Microsoft Sues US Customs For Allowing Imports of Banned Motorola Phones

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.

Comments

Re:Rogue Fed Departments?

[Rockoon]

Does this point to corruption, or is it simply a matter of poor information flow?

Yes.

Imhofe

[ISoldat53]

I guess Google's backing of James Imhofe paid off. And who is Microsoft to complain about secret meetings with government officials?

Tell me about Activesync

[tuppe666]

I have never done any of this, but you have to wonder if this is a home goal twinned with what should be an antitrust case. Google have dropped activesync.http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2413283,00.asp (Anyone else forgot how pro Microsoft PCmag was)

The most ironic part of this Windows Phone users used to get gmail messages instantaneously...and now they don't...like Windows Phone was not already second class technology.

Technology(sic) like this should be used to give additional benefits to Microsoft Users not used to attack competing companies(and its own customers) in markets where...lets be honest its product continues to fail after 3 years (I remember when they had 10% of the smart-phone market)

Trying to Bullying companies as large...rich...popular...successful...like...Google is just stupid(Apple have behind closed doors agreement). Insane when their product occupies 75% of the market and yours occupies 3%.

The bottom line is even if these product were banned...Windows Phone would have remained a failure, not its a little more likely to continue to be.

We've been cutting funding for this stuff...

[rsilvergun]

since the 80s. It always amazes me when people are surprised that laws aren't enforced when we've been slashing the budgets of these 'evil bureaucratic' for 30 years. Funny how the bureaucratic ain't evil when he's doing something you want done, ain't it? Buddy of mine is getting screwed over in the only job he could find. Starts life as an ardent anti-bureaucratic guy until he goes looking for the labor board to seek redress and finds out there isn't one.

Sure kids. Have all the laws protecting you're rights you want. We control the purse strings, so we just won't fund enforcement.

Re:Rogue Fed Departments?

[geoskd]

Two wrongs don't make a right.

In this case, I'm pretty sure they do...

If you're not invited, it's secret?

[Overzeetop]

Just because someone doesn't voluntarily invite you to a meeting does not mean that it's secret.

I think, "United States Customs has met with Google representatives to allow imports of Motorola devices" is more accurate.

Re:Rogue Fed Departments?

[Zemran]

If the phone is bought legally in another country, what right have customs got to stop someone bringing a legal product (legal where it was bought) into the country. Next think you know they will try to impose US laws in other countries... oh yeah, sorry, they are already doing that.