Motorola seeks U.S. import ban on Apple iPhone and Apple iPad with new ITC claim

8. Mxyzptlk posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:18 3 35

Exactly. Seems like a d**k move by Google and Motorola here.

17. tedkord posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:47 27 4

Yes, trying to ban a competitor is a d**k move. Can you feel the irony oozing out of your pores?

26. remixfa posted on 18 Aug 2012, 14:08 21 2

no, because its not oozing.. he's floating in it.

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25. webOSlove posted on 18 Aug 2012, 14:02 14 3

Ummm well getting a competitor banned is what Apple has pulled a ton of times . So Apple has pulled that "d***" move a multitude of times , and where were you when that happend ?

38. jroc74 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 15:48 5 2

I bet if it was Apple trying to ban Motorola products.....it would be fine with you...

69. OSFantasma posted on 18 Aug 2012, 19:46 2 1

Maybe your right. I realize what is said apple is unwilling to come to a agreement. So there must be a move done to see who is in the right, but then again I wouldn't be expect a different reply from a die hard fan or supporter. I'm not saying just inferring that you maybe by the way that you replied though im willing to bet you are.

I think your comment could be the same for either company. But it is nice to see the company that started the drama to have a taste of irony...

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45. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:26 9 2

Mxyzptlk, do you suffer from diarrhea of the mouth or do you actually believe the crap you spill out? First you cheer on Apple trying to ban Samsung and HTC products for stupid crap but yet you get all butt hurt about it when it comes to your precious Apple. Congrats, you're even more blind, one sided, fanboy lunatic than Taco is.

Cry a river about it somewhere else pal, Apple gets no sympathy. The bully needs a taste of his own medicine.

46. Non_Sequitur posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:29 5 2

I hope someone pimp-slaps the crap out of you today.

52. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:43 2 2

This looks like Taco with a another account. You allways get thumbed down no matter what you say......!

63. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 18 Aug 2012, 17:53 1 1

ROFLMAOO.....that would be hilarious!

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72. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 20:46 0 1

Mxzyptlk to me looks like Taco.

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65. bachelorrn0121 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 18:49 2 1

the patent is true technology not just rectangle..

86. networkdood posted on 19 Aug 2012, 09:38 2 1

ironic that the superman vilian troll is calling this move a d**k move - huh, wonder where moto learned that trick from?
HINT:
From a fruit...and, no, not ANNOYING ORANGE.

51. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:41 4 1

IFan changing sides suddenly.... How weird, and strange?

3. phonton posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:02 16 1

"Karma" -- Well said.. Agree!

10. PAPINYC (limited) 5 days ago posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:19 4 12

Be that as it may, we can not allow an iBan; Apple must be allowed to import their minor hardware upgrades aka "refresh" so that the Android Mobile manufacturers can continue to keep giving us the better and superior product. If Apple products are banned, there will only be MicroSlush to compete with and that could theoretically mean putting together two cups with some clothes line to make a phone.

Apple's half-baked iPuff must be allowed into the U.S. market: period.

62. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 17:11 1 2

PAPINYC LMAO THAT WAS iHilarious. Every time you iPost on Apple your posts makes me so laugh.!

13. Mxyzptlk posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:24 1 26

How can you patent something that's generic like 3G? Samsung copied Apple heavily in many of their earlier Galaxy line of phones so its understandable about that lawsuit. The one that is making the patent wars look ugly.

This is just FRAND abuse.

18. tedkord posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:49 15 1

OK. Once more for the reading impaired. The seven new patents that Motorola claims Apple are infringing are NOT FRAND PATENTS.

32. MartyK posted on 18 Aug 2012, 14:53 4 1

"OK. Once more for the reading impaired"

hahahahahahahaha!!!

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71. JC557 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 20:35 1 1

I wouldn't be surprised considering how long Motorola's been in the communications business.

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21. ekia007 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:55 9 1

hey Mxyzptlk, phone design and icon call patent?

23. tedkord posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:56 11 1

Yes. They should only patent non generic things, like rectangles with rounded corners, or icons in grids, or phone icons that look like, well...phones.

Twenty years from now, you should come back here and read the stuff you post. Maybe by then, with a little more wisdom, you'll get the same cycle the rest of us do.

28. Whateverman posted on 18 Aug 2012, 14:35 11 1

"How can you patent something that's generic like 3G?"

Exactly!!! All they really did is invent a new technology that increased the transmission of data packets to and from a mobile device ten fold compared to Edge and 1xRTT. Is that really hard? I'm sure it wasn't!

As for the long hard road Apple had to take, do you guys really understand how much harder it is to take a rectangle and put a freakin BUTTON at the bottom?!?!? If you Android users could really understand the complexity, the man power and the ingenuity it took to develop and patent the RECTANGLE... I really feel sorry for all you FANDROIDS with your big screens, uncracked screens, and waterproof Kevlar-covered, bullet-proof, super-thin, light-weight yet tough-as-nails DROOOOIDS!!!

Next patent: The Death Grip! (Yes Mr. Spock! Apple will be coming for you too!)

35. ENO123 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 15:18 4 1

Lol!! I see what u did there XD

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34. ph00ny posted on 18 Aug 2012, 15:05 7 1

FRAND doesn't mean you don't pay for it

Generic? Without those "generic" 3G related patents, we wouldn't have 3G

39. jroc74 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 15:53 7 1

"How can you patent something that's generic like 3G?"

I was wondering the same exact thing about round corners, black borders, and rectangles....

And I dont think 3G is that generic. If it was.....there would be more companies helping to build and improve it. Damn near any manufacture can make a tablet or phone.....how many can build and improve on 3G technology....

48. RORYREVOLUTION posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:38 6 1

So trying to ban multiple devices for shape isnt generic? Keep crying fanboy!

53. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:44 1 1

Even if it is, they deserve it!

47. Non_Sequitur posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:30 0 0

Lolololol yes!! Maybe this is part of the Google/Samsung anti-Apple thing.

67. snowgator posted on 18 Aug 2012, 19:31 0 0

Karma.... Still one of the best phones I ever owned. It is the reason I still love portrait sliders......

54. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:45 4 1

Really great news.

11. Sniggly posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:20 12 2

Whatever you say, pal.

14. Mxyzptlk posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:24 1 15

Whatever I say isn't biased.

20. tedkord posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:52 12 2

No. Not you. You're not biased at all. Nope. Not a bit. No way. Nyet. Uh uh.

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40. Sniggly posted on 18 Aug 2012, 15:54 6 1

Let's test that hypothesis. How do you feel about Apple's litigation against other companies?

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84. jroc74 posted on 19 Aug 2012, 02:48 1 1

And right on cue....no response from him.

He could at least lie to sound more unbiased about Apple's lawsuits when you asked this. The Apple love must be so embedded he cant even lie...

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94. Mxyzptlk posted on 20 Aug 2012, 15:08 1 0

As I said before the truth isn't bias.

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93. Mxyzptlk posted on 20 Aug 2012, 15:07 1 0

I feel its justified if it means protecting your property.

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59. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:59 1 2

What ever you say Taco is biased.....

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22. ekia007 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:56 5 1

Apple is already out of innovation. dude.

56. TROLL posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:47 4 1

What have they, or what did they innovate!
Nothing.... Things taken from hear and there.

58. -box- posted on 18 Aug 2012, 16:59 1 2

Crud, hit the up button instead of the down. Sorry!

92. joey_sfb posted on 20 Aug 2012, 06:56 0 0

If you get a dollar for each thumb down you have received. You will be a millionaire by the end of the year.

73. BattleBrat posted on 18 Aug 2012, 21:11 2 0

If memory serves, Motorola was an American company too...

19. tedkord posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:51 9 1

I hope they pay nothing, but rather are forced to drop their ridiculous shape and color lawsuits, or face a ban of their own products. Serves them right.

24. sbr999 posted on 18 Aug 2012, 13:58 4 1

I agree. It can't get dumber. I mean, having a patent for the front and back made of glass? rectangular shape? Black back.. really? Cosmetics shouldn't be awarded patents.

60. -box- posted on 18 Aug 2012, 17:02 0 0

Yes. It seems I was making a similar point this morning on another article...

29. tedkord posted on 18 Aug 2012, 14:37 0 0

They'd be fine. The US is a big market, but the injunction would not affect them in the rest of the world.

Plus, I'm sure they'd be able to work around whatever patents they'd need to in a brief time, though that's just conjecture at this point, not knowing what the patents involved actually are.