“The ITC’s investigation is in response to HTC’s complaint, filed on May 12th, that Apple is in breach of various patents owned by HTC,” Ray reports. “The complaint calls for a ban on the import of infringing products – an interesting prospect, but one that’s pretty unlikely to actually happen.”
Ray reports, “A ban on Apple products would certainly hurt the company, and quite possibly the US economy, but such a thing is still a very long way off. The ITC has announced it will be investigating, and now has 45 days to announce a schedule for that investigation. Even if Apple is found to be infringing HTC’s patents it will still get 60 days to appeal to the US Trade Representative.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]