ITC



The United States International Trade Commission, coupled with the USPTO, helps companies embargo competing products for alleged patent infringement.

2018

 * The US International Trade Commission (USITC) Against Comcast, Courtesy of the Intellectual Ventures-Connected Rovi

2017

 * Align Technology Uses Some Software Patents Litigiously, Conjoined With Financial Sanctions/Pressure Through ITC
 * CIAA Chastises ITC for Allowing Embargo Based on Invalid Patents of Cisco
 * The United States International Trade Commission is an Embargo-Loving Bully That Ignores Invalidation of Patents at Hand
 * ITC and FTC Weigh in on Competition/Antitrust and the Patents-in-Standards Question

2016

 * Creative Technology, Now Operating in ‘Patent Troll’ Mode, Shot Down by the ITC; Jawbone Too Shot Down
 * USPTO Still a Fine Mess, ITC Restricted as Sanctions/Embargo Enforcer
 * The ‘International’ Trade Commission Imposes/Reinforces Software Patents to Establish Another Embargo

2015

 * Apple Makes Use of Alice v. CLS Bank (Alice/§101) to Invalidate Software Patents, But ITC Pretends Nothing Happened

2012

 * Apple Presses Hard for Android Bans While Android Leapfrogs Apple in Tablets, Not Just Phones
 * Microsoft File System Patents Are Collapsing
 * The Cult of Apple Loses Against Linux/Android in ITC, Court
 * Groklaw Update on Android Patent Cases and Response to FUD From Microsoft Lobbyists
 * Apple is Sued for Anti-competitive Practices; The Court Sees Patent Lawsuits/Actions by Proxy
 * Updates on Microsoft/Nokia and Apple Patent Wars on Linux

2010

 * Eye on Apple: Class Action, ITC Probe, More Flaws Found
 * ITC Considers Whether to Ban Apple Products After Apple Sued Linux (Android)
 * “US International Trade Commission Supports Patent Trolls”
 * Apple Uses USPTO/ITC Protectionism to Fight Desktop GNU/Linux
 * Federal Government Less Patents-Friendly Than USPTO, Apple’s Embargo Attempt (With Patents) Fails ITC Judgment