US tries, and fails, to block “import” of digital data that violates patents
4 12 2015Ars Technica
November 10, 2015
Jon Brodkin
A federal appeals court panel today struck down an International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling in a patent case that attempted to block electronic transmissions of digital data from overseas.
The ITC’s authority to prevent importation of “articles” applies only to material things, not digital transmissions, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled. (Consumer advocacy group Public Knowledge posted the ruling’s text.)
The content in this post was found at http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/us-tries-and-fails-to-block-import-of-digital-data-that-violates-patents/ and was not authored by the moderators of freeforafee.com. Clicking the title link will take you to the source of the post.
