Ericsson Seeks US Import Ban On Samsung Products 102
angry tapir writes "Just a few days after Ericsson filed several patent-infringement lawsuits against Samsung in the U.S., the Swedish mobile phone company also filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC), asking for an import ban of a wide range of Samsung products, including the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note. Ericsson alleges that Samsung violates Section 337 of the Tariff Act by importing patent-infringing products into the U.S and selling them."
Re:world wide patent laws need to be reworked (Score:5, Interesting)
No, that would be like trying to install modern plumbing in an outhouse. It's much better to burn down the old outhouse, and start again, with a new foundation.
Technology has evolved so much that the current system just doesn't fit and function in a beneficial way for all.
Re:And yet more of my hard earned money... (Score:5, Interesting)
Buy counterfeited chinese crap. It's the only way to avoid the lawyer tax.
Re:Samsung may be devious.... (Score:5, Interesting)
There's nothing wrong in demanding that the company using your patents pay the licensing fees that are due, and why people ascribe them ulterior motives when they have nothing to gain is beyond me.
Ascribing ulterior motives? May be, that's because they're playing hard ball and asking for an immediate import ban just before Christmas.
Re:Samsung may be devious.... (Score:4, Interesting)
If patents in this area were stifling innovation, why is it just about every other cellphone manufacturer pays for them? Society has gained from these patents. There are but a few cellular network technologies world wide. This means manufactures, for a fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory price can sell phones that work on networks in every country in the world. That's the part that promotes innovation. There is no discrimination for any company wishing to obtain a license and everyone pays the same amount. The playing field is level.
You obviously have no idea what you're on about
Re:Irrelevant Company (Score:4, Interesting)
That is because of the standards being reliant on patent technology. FRAND be damned. That whole concept needs to go away in standards. It isn't a standard if the barrier to entry is that minefield.