The Business Software Alliance reportedly is pushing to overturn the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ban against older iPhones and iPads, maintaining that it would set a dangerous precedent. When the ITC makes a decision to ban a particular product for import into the U.S., it is fast and usually final. That, after all, is what companies like about the ITC — its black-and-white contrast with the slow-moving decision-making that characterizes most patent cases in the courts. It’s different, as it turns out, when the decision goes against a top U.S. tech company.
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Tech Industry Closes Ranks Behind Apple as ITC Ban Looms
Posted by: Erika Morphy July 29, 2013 01:27 PMThe Business Software Alliance reportedly is pushing to overturn the U.S. International Trade Commission’s ban against older iPhones and iPads, maintaining that it would set a dangerous precedent. When the ITC makes a decision to ban a particular product for import into the U.S., it is fast and usually final. That, after all, is what companies like about the ITC — its black-and-white contrast with the slow-moving decision-making that characterizes most patent cases in the courts. It’s different, as it turns out, when the decision goes against a top U.S. tech company.