It’s not too often that cellular carriers get into patent battles with hardware manufacturers on their own accord. But Verizon realizing the potential for disaster should U.S. courts grant an Apple-led injunction against Verizon’s top-tier Samsung devices, namely the Galaxy Fuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, DROID Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1, has urged U.S courts to reject any sales bans on the aforementioned devices. By Verizon’s account, allowing such a ban would “negatively affect governmental policy pushing for the expansion of US broadband networks”, not to mention, loosing access to a vast array of LTE equipment would also harm Verizon’s aggressive LTE rollout plans. Verizon even plays one close to home by telling the courts any Samsung hardware ban would hurt “the job growth dependent on that (LTE) network” as outlined by recently passed bills by President Obama.
At this point in the game we’re sick and tired of the legal sissy fighting taking place. We’d much rather see companies put hard earned dollars towards actual innovation and R&D rather than funding some lawyers’ pockets.
As always with tech patent related news, FOSS Patents breaks everything down in detail right over here.
Thoughts?
Via: Slashgear | Source: FOSSPatents
