The Obama administration faces a new petition to:
Not buy products/services from foreign companies that have infringed upon any US company patents anywhere in the world.
The petition reads:
Samsung is trying to sell its mobile equipment to the FBI and the Navy. This equipment has already been found to have infringed upon Apple patents. Companies that steal American intellectual property should be blacklisted from selling their products to the Federal Government for 10 years. While Google is American and writes the software, Samsung has been found in US courts to have infringed upon Apple patents. Any foreign company found to have infringed on a US company’s patents should be disqualified as a supplier to the US government for 10 years from the date of the decision.
100,000 signatures requires a response from the Obama administration.
Read and/or sign the petition here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “MikeinParis” for the heads up.]
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