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ITC Judge: Xbox 360 should be banned from U.S.DVDBack23 @ May 23, 2012 22:03 | 8 comments
The console violates four patents, says Law Judge David Shaw. Shaw made his original ruling in April and has now recommended a full injunction on sales and import into the States Shaw made his initial ruling against Microsoft in April, and now recommends a ban on sales and import of the game console.
Gamers should not fret, however, as Shaw's ruling needs approval from the ITC board of commissioners, with a deadline of August 23rd. After that, if the board approves, then they will still need to get a signature from the President before the ban goes into effect.
The Motorola patents relate to H.264 codec for online video.
Motorola's fight with Microsoft goes farther than just one video patent, and has extended to multiple nations and patents related to Android, as well. |
An ITC judge has ruled this week that
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Comment by: ROMaster2 (May 23, 2012 22:21) Oh f*ckin' a, just have them pay a bunch in royalties and call it a day.
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Comment by: stuntz0rZ (May 23, 2012 22:35) Everyone already has a phat and a slim model. I'd like to see them take it a step further and lock out online services. lol
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Comment by: xaznboitx (May 23, 2012 22:57) HAHAHAHA.... I can hear the Sony fan boys now |
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Comment by: hearme0 (May 24, 2012 17:13) I know I must be missing a great deal of detail regarding this suit but how the hell does MS get flak from infringing upon Motorola's H.264 for online video??
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Comment by: phatboyyy (May 24, 2012 19:49) Originally posted by hearme0: According to wikipedia " In countries where patents on software algorithms are upheld, vendors and commercial users of products that use H.264/AVC are expected to pay patent licensing royalties for the patented technology that their products use." |
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Comment by: arnould1 (May 25, 2012 19:38) The president will never sign an order to stop selling X-BOX, but they might be able to block the import.....should have been made in the USA anyway!!
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Comment by: ROMaster2 (May 25, 2012 22:18) Originally posted by arnould1: This matter doesn't involve President Obama at all. |
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Comment by: i1der (May 29, 2012 18:14) Originally posted by xaznboitx: I think thats not such a thing anymore. Fanboys were not them self after trying out other techs, I personally was PS3 fanboy but I have played Xbox360 at least 3X more. I might be a different kind of fanboy nowadays, a techie fanboy, I want all of them
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