An ITC judge has ruled this week that Microsoft Xbox 360 should be banned from import into the U.S. due to violations of Motorola patents.
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 ... [ read the full article ]
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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??
Originally posted by hearme0: 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??
Isn't H.264 open to anyone??
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."
Originally posted by arnould1: 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!!
This matter doesn't involve President Obama at all.
Originally posted by xaznboitx: HAHAHAHA.... I can hear the Sony fan boys now
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
