{"id":332740,"date":"2010-02-17T17:07:19","date_gmt":"2010-02-17T22:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"Gizmodo-5474154"},"modified":"2010-02-17T17:07:19","modified_gmt":"2010-02-17T22:07:19","slug":"itc-opens-second-apple-investigation-in-three-weeks-apple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/332740","title":{"rendered":"ITC Opens Second Apple Investigation In Three Weeks [Apple]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"lytebox\" href=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/steve-jobs-and-the-jury_01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.gawkerassets.com\/assets\/images\/4\/2010\/02\/500x_steve-jobs-and-the-jury_01.jpg\" class=\"left image500\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a>First, Nokia successfully <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5457467\/nokia-wins-first-strike-against-apple-with-official-itc-investigation\">got the ITC to investigate<\/a> Apple over patent infringement claims. Now the regulatory body has taken <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5448120\/kodak-goes-after-apple-and-rim-on-patent-infringement\">Kodak&#8217;s complaint<\/a> seriously enough investigate RIM and Apple. Again. The stakes? A possible ban on US iPhone and BlackBerry imports.<\/p>\n<p>In announcing that they&#8217;d investigate the complaint, the ITC made it clear that they weren&#8217;t taking sides&#8230; yet. But before you dismiss Kodak out of hand for being rabble-rousers, it&#8217;s worth noting that they&#8217;ve won similar judgments recently against both Samsung and Sun Microsystems.<\/p>\n<p>Will we actually see the iPhone and BlackBerry banned from US stores? Highly doubtful. This will end the way these things always end: vast amounts of money changing hands. But with two simultaneous ITC investigations and <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/5419047\/apple-sued-for-iphone-patent-infringement-again\">countless lawsuits<\/a>, the regulatory heat&#8217;s been turned up at Cupertino. And a loss in either the Nokia or Kodak case could hit Apple&#8217;s reputation even harder than its checkbook. [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usitc.gov\/press_room\/news_release\/2010\/er0217hh1.htm\">USITC<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/news.cnet.com\/8301-13772_3-10455225-52.html?part=rss&#038;subj=news&#038;tag=2547-1_3-0-20\">CNET<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<br clear=\"both\" style=\"clear: both;\"\/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/click.phdo?s=835035b9b3dc70ee9b865490263f32b2&#038;p=1\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" style=\"border: 0;\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/ads.pheedo.com\/img.phdo?s=835035b9b3dc70ee9b865490263f32b2&#038;p=1\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"0\" width=\"0\" border=\"0\" style=\"display:none\" src=\"http:\/\/a.rfihub.com\/eus.gif?eui=2226\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Ir8_Apo9dd8:8cdDKNXU1P4:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Ir8_Apo9dd8:8cdDKNXU1P4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Ir8_Apo9dd8:8cdDKNXU1P4:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=Ir8_Apo9dd8:8cdDKNXU1P4:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.gawker.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?a=Ir8_Apo9dd8:8cdDKNXU1P4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/gizmodo\/full?i=Ir8_Apo9dd8:8cdDKNXU1P4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/gizmodo\/full\/~4\/Ir8_Apo9dd8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, Nokia successfully got the ITC to investigate Apple over patent infringement claims. Now the regulatory body has taken Kodak&#8217;s complaint seriously enough investigate RIM and Apple. Again. The stakes? A possible ban on US iPhone and BlackBerry imports. In announcing that they&#8217;d investigate the complaint, the ITC made it clear that they weren&#8217;t taking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5460,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-332740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5460"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332740\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}