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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.

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  1. Re:Rogue Fed Departments? by Rockoon · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

    Yes.

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  2. Imhofe by ISoldat53 · · Score: 4, Insightful

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

  3. We've been cutting funding for this stuff... by rsilvergun · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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  4. Re:Rogue Fed Departments? by geoskd · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Two wrongs don't make a right.

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

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  5. If you're not invited, it's secret? by Overzeetop · · Score: 4, Insightful

    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.

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  6. Re:Rogue Fed Departments? by Zemran · · Score: 3, Insightful

    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.

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