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Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents, Says ITC
The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that certain models of Samsung phone violate Apple patents, and are likely to be blocked from import to the U.S. From the article: "The patents in question are U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949, which relates to a touch screen and user interface and U.S. Patent No. 7,912,501 which deals with detecting when a headset is connected. The ITC said Samsung didn’t infringe on the other two patents. In a statement on the matter, the ITC said the decision is final and the investigation has been closed. ... As was the case with the previous ruling that saw Apple devices banned, the ban on Samsung devices won’t go into effect until 60 days but can be blocked by a favorable ruling following a presidential review. That seems unlikely as such a block has only been issued once since 1987 – last’s week’s ruling in favor of Apple."
The Russians are pissed enough to harbour Snowden.
The Russians aren't pissed about anything special - they're just harboring him to annoy and embarrass the US.
The Chinese aren't backing the US in the North Korea talks.
The Chinese have always pretended to be above the fray vis-a-vis N. Korea.
The Japanese just sailed their first war ship in 50 years.
Then where did all those other ship in their fleet come from? Japan has had a substantial navy for decades.
I can think of a dozen wars that started with this sort of trade embargoes and tariffs.
So you think China was wrong to embargo opium from British ships?
Just the precedent itself is enough to block US made goods in half the world.
So? It's not like we export much of anything anymore anyway.