Obama Administration Overrules iPhone Trade Ban 397
Back in June, the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an import ban on the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 3G due to patent violations. Now, the White House has exercised its privilege to overrule the ban. In his letter to the ITC (PDF), Ambassador Michael Froman said 'he was not making a decision about the merits of Samsung's case, or its right to seek compensation. Rather, he emphasized that because the patent in question was now a widely held technology standard, banning the products in question would be too disruptive to consumers and the economy.' This is the first time an ITC decision has been overruled since 1987.
Re: U.S.A. is dead. (Score:4, Funny)
Not unless netcraft confirms it!
Re:You know (Score:5, Funny)
It's designed by Apple in California, it says so on back side of the case!
Re: You know (Score:4, Funny)
Elitist liberals love iPhones.
Quick, better tell Rush Limbaugh he's an elitist liberal, he seems to love everything about Apple.
(This in fact is probably contributing to many "liberals" shunning Apple. If Rush likes them so much, they must be bad, so "liberals" proceed to dig up mostly non-stories about the exceedingly rare labour problems and environmental issues while ignoring far worse violations by Apple's competitors.)
Re:Sure (Score:5, Funny)
banning the products in question would be too disruptive to consumers and the economy
I'm sure they were thinking of all those poor Chinese workers employed by Foxconn that could lose their jobs over this ...
Thank god there's the Obama administration looking out for the little guy!