Possible iPhone 5 ban in the US???

[Virgil]

Has anyone heard of the lawsuit with Motorola and the possible US ban on the iPhone 5, iPad mini, and new iPod touch?

 

[Darkstar2007]

*Moved to off-topic discussion*

 

[ardchoille]

Has anyone heard of the lawsuit with Motorola and the possible US ban on the iPhone 5, iPad mini, and new iPod touch?

I seriously doubt that will ever happen. It sounds more like Googorola trying to scare people away from Apple products.

 

[Virgil]

I hope it is. The way the news articles I've seen apple looks to be in trouble. I hope they don't get banned as I've been waiting for the 5 and new iPod.

http://m.techcrunch.com/2012/08/20/motorolas-new-patent-lawsuit-against-apple-the-details/


http://mobile.cioinsight.com/c/a/La...ive-by-Googles-Motorola-Unit-Analysts-864106/


http://www.pcworld.com/article/2610...w_patent_claim_against_apple_with_us_itc.html


http://www.phonesreview.co.uk/2012/08/20/iphone-5-and-other-apple-devices-could-get-banned/

 

[bamrad0101]

Yeah i cant see this happening because apple is SO much bigger in America than any where else. Apple would lose billions.

 

[Pinkpoison]

i doubt they would kill the goose that lays the golden eggs.

 

[ardchoille]

I hope it is. The way the news articles I've seen apple looks to be in trouble. I hope they don't get banned as I've been waiting for the 5 and new iPod.

Motorola’s New Patent Lawsuit Against Apple: The Details - TechCrunch


Google Motorola Lawsuit Puts Apple on Patent Defensive, Analysts Say - Latest News


Motorola Mobility Files New Patent Claim Against Apple With U.S. ITC | PCWorld


iPhone 5 and other Apple devices could get banned » Phone Reviews

Never trust predictions of something that hasen't yet happened, nobody can see the future. News sources terrified lots of people about Y2K. How did that turn out?

 

[Virgil]

I thought that it had already started. One news article I saw said that we could have a judgement as early as tomorrow and the new apple products could be banned from being released as early as tomorrow.

 

[Virgil]

Motorola Joins Fight Against Apple with New Lawsuit - Eastern Morning Herald

Here are the 7 patents Google/Motorola filed against Apple on Friday. A detailed look » Unwired View

 

[Virgil]

Samsung loses apple patent case in the US

 

[cherryhesh]

Samsung loses apple patent case in the US

As well they should have.

 

[Horsehaulin]

Apple is in talks with Motorola in regards to patents. All is good in the i world I hope.

 

[Virgil]

"None of the patents Motorola is accusing apple of are standards essential, so they won’t have to be licensed to Apple under restrictive FRAND terms. And the whole batch, taken together, looks pretty impressive. Motorola also filed a parallel suit with the same patents in District Court of Delaware."

What does that mean exacltly?? Is this good for apple or bad?

 

[Virgil]

Google files lawsuit that would see multiple Apple products banned from sale :: TweakTown Mobile

 

[dxppxd]

"None of the patents Motorola is accusing apple of are standards essential, so they won’t have to be licensed to Apple under restrictive FRAND terms. And the whole batch, taken together, looks pretty impressive. Motorola also filed a parallel suit with the same patents in District Court of Delaware."

What does that mean exacltly?? Is this good for apple or bad?

Its bad, but i wouldn't worry. It's just a patent war. They (Apple, Google) want people with smartphones mainly because of data mining.

Google does this to counter multiple lawsuits Apple has against major Android pushers (yeah, Samsung). Nothing new in the business, we'll just have to wait and see the giants dish it out.

Still, rather see more money spent on actual innovation than on petty lawsuits.