Xbox 360 could be banned in the US

[garyopa]

For Motorola's patent infrigement



ITC judge recommends Microsoft Xbox import ban in US for infringing on Motorola patents

Some bad news is coming out today from the States.

It appears that a judge has recommended banning the Xbox 360 in the country due to a patent infringement.

Specifically, the Redmond's console is violating several video compression and communication with the controller patents which Motorola owns.

Here is an extract of the sentence:

It is recommended that the Commission enter a limited exclusion order against infringing Microsoft products. It is further recommended that the Commission issue a cease and desist order. Additionally, it is recommended that Microsoft be required to post a bond for importation of accused products during the Presidential review period,” stated Administrative Law Judge David P. Shaw in the public recommendation.

This time it is not Microsoft who is holding the Banhammer, uh?

But don't worry, this is one of those issues that resolves easily dropping some cash, and the big M has plenty of it >.

You have the full text in the link below.

NEWS SOURCE: PDF #748131-480637 (via) Wired

Our thanks to 'Kaos2K' for this news item!

[msanchez]

When will the american justice system stop lending itself to these little spectacles?

A judge needs to sit down both Moto and MS and make them settle their differences, and come to some agreement. I'd be insulted if I was made part of this back and forward BS.

[IJTF_Cinder]

I think it was just a tit for tat to get them to settle and go away. Motorola just had their Android handhelds banned in the US, via Microsoft.

Now they'll just sign papers negating both and go on their merry way. Patents and Copyrights have to be protected, if you don't make the attempt to do so, they mean nothing and become null and void. This is nothing more than the same old song and dance...

[msanchez]

I think it was just a tit for tat to get them to settle and go away. Motorola just had their Android handhelds banned in the US, via Microsoft.

Now they'll just sign papers negating both and go on their merry way. Patents and Copyrights have to be protected, if you don't make the attempt to do so, they mean nothing and become null and void. This is nothing more than the same old song and dance...

Well 98% of the time I think patents are just there to hinder progress, so maybe that's what makes this all so stupid, redundant and not necessary in my eyes.

That said, I insist that a ban on moto's crappy prison cells (pun intended) is doing the US a great favor.

[Xenogears V]

Thanks to God I live in Europe!.

[LKJHGFDSA]

I can't even imagine that happening! That would be unreal.

[[ACF]Umax]

That would actually be fantastic, because it would put the pressure on MS to release the "XBox720".
Who still buys a new XBox anyways?

[billysastard]

Thanks to God I live in Europe!.

where German courts were the first to "ban" it?

[wewii]

This is bad for consumers too.

This will discourage MS from ever adding support to non-MS file formats like MP3, XViD, MP4, MKV etc etc in upcoming consoles.

[billysastard]

This is bad for consumers too.

This will discourage MS from ever adding support to non-MS file formats like MP3, XViD, MP4, MKV etc etc in upcoming consoles.

its bad for consumers when companies spend millions to bribe politicians to "protect" their little private interests normally against consumers, frankly companies like ms (in this case) only have themselves to blame, after all they, along with the other media cartels, are the ones responsible for promoting new and even more vague laws that end up biting them in the arse.

now if only we could persuade a group like the eff to start patenting every anti consumer action they think companies would dare to take we could really see some progress as the criminal cartels swung their money cannons to fire directly against such "frivolous" patents thus actually restoring some of the consumer rights they have caused to be stolen in the process.

[msanchez]

...now if only we could persuade a group like the eff to start patenting every anti consumer action they think companies would dare to take we could really see some progress as the criminal cartels swung their money cannons to fire directly against such "frivolous" patents thus actually restoring some of the consumer rights they have caused to be stolen in the process.

That is... well that's just an EPIC idea, in the words of Peter Griffin:

...I got an idea, an idea so smart my head would explode if I even began to know what I was talking about...

I would oh so enjoy the sweet irony.