Sunday, August 11, 2013
Apple Patent Wins, Does This Mean U.S. Import Ban for Samsung
Just this Friday, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that South Korea's Samsung violated two patents of Apple Inc on digital mobile devices. The two violated patents covered the detection of headphone jacks and the operation of touchscreens. This decision enraged the South Koreans and could spark a sharp disapproval from them. Although Apple and Samsung ranks as No. 1 or No. 2, the ban on Samsung imports to the U.S. has little or no impact on the U.S. economy. People will opt for other options of android phones similar to Samsung than to change to the IOS function of the iPhone. With this course of action, it will only let the already rich Apple Inc profit from the little people that switch from androids to IOS. In addition Obama administration overturned an ITC decision that would have supposedly led to the bans of older models of Apple devices that also violated Samsung patents. This decision obviously shows the Obama administration showing favoritism towards their own enterprise that rose from through the ranks of the market from their own country than Samsung which holds potential threats to Apple Inc as a foreign country. I believe Samsung should not have bans placed on their imports to the U.S., but to adjust their products to something that does not violate the Apple Inc patents.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment