Article: Apple May Be Banned from Selling iPhone and 3G iPads in Europe

[Cabalo]

You can view the page at https://filesharingtalk.com/content/1...Pads-in-Europe

[bobbintb]

karma's a bitch, ain't it apple?

[Night0wl]

karma's a bitch, ain't it apple?

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside that the law actually can work both ways. Unfortunately I doubt either side will learn anything from this.

[megabyteme]

I'm not a fan of Apple, but I enjoy seeing them get bit by their own slimy, anti-competitive legal tricks.

[Cabalo]

This was Google's idea all along since they bought Motorola. Stuff them with patents so they can go to war with Apple.
Who's laughing now, huh ?

[lavino]

Can't they just kinda *ALLOW* European users to go to the US iTune store to buy stuff?

[duke0102]

Can't they just kinda *ALLOW* European users to go to the US iTune store to buy stuff?

I'd say this is based on selling on usage so if you imported then can't see anything stopping using.

[Artemis]

Can't they just kinda *ALLOW* European users to go to the US iTune store to buy stuff?

This patent infringement has nothing to do with access to the iTunes store, it is a core patent of the GPRS data packet standard which is used to transfer 3g mobile data. Apple has refused to enter a licensing agreement over using GPRS for the last four years and now Motorola has gone to the courts to defend it's patents. This was also a preemptive strike by Google, since Apple had stated that Google was the next target for them after they purchased alot of Nortel intellectual property. By purchasing Motorola with it's comprehensive suite of communications property rights they have effectively put Apple on a back foot in terms of litigation by leveraging using the Nortel patents.