Toshiba seeks to prevent Wistron laptop imports to the US
By Vlad Savov 
posted January 25th 2010 2:02AM
posted January 25th 2010 2:02AM
Don't you sometimes wish legal squabbles like this actually delivered on their promises? There's pretty much no way that Toshiba's patent claim with the US International Trade Commission will lead to a ban on Wistron imports -- the company builds laptops for Acer, Dell, HP, Lenovo and others, and will likely settle in cash long before any rulings against it -- but it's fun to imagine the mayhem that would result if such an eventuality were to materialize. A quick look at the rankings of global computer vendors shows that Toshiba is mostly trying to throw a banana skin in front of its direct competitors, claiming as it does that Wistron products infringe on its methodologies for touchpad production and file saving when the laptop loses power. The ITC, should it decide to investigate, will take up to 15 months on this matter, so no breath-holding is advised just yet, though if that settlement does eventuate it should be a pretty breathtaking number.
@peter111 report this fart puff for spamming engadget!
I REALLY need to become a lawyer...
Soon there won't be anything for sale in the US
i just pre-ordered BC2 what about you guyz ?
Is there any expert in patent laws here on these forums? Should Wistron (and other companies) have attempted to purchase license from Toshiba (and others who hold patents)? Would it have prevented disputes like this? I think it's ridiculous that advancements in technology cannot be shared by all. Nice analogy with the banana skin. Maybe times are really tough for these companies.
@onlymyrailgun
all there is to do now: invest everything you have in the old 'shiba and wait for the obviously massive returns when they are the only computer you can buy.
@(Unverified) Don't you mean only laptop?
@Nightwheel
GOOD CLARIFICATION. gold star.
And, oh, notice all the tags on this article, ROFL.
Is this like, the new thing?!!
/Facepalm
infringe on my satellite toshiba's legal team; billable hours of wasted cash. Parasitic legal teams that make our devices more expensive through their divisive extraction of resources from the companies that bring us the gadgets that most of the people on this board enjoy using..... Say what legal sleaze? War on drugs, intellectual property: could you dildo lawyers get to work and actually start adding value to something or solving a problem rather than slowing everyone else down and jamming everything up~ to a free thinking, open source, transparent future of high technology and competition based on science not legal jibber jabber!
@cosmicinglewood oh and on that note, would you Lawyers please start using plain english instead of the nearly incomprehensible legal jibber jargon when you are writing, especially if the said text is to be read by consumers and other lay persons. It is possible to be precise with language without confusing the shit out of everyone except other lawyers who study the art of reading and writing confusing legal rhetoric!
IE: write abstracts, bullet points or other plain language descriptive or executive summaries in normal font sizes at the head of all of the size 4 font jibber jabber you write!
I hate Toshiba, about as much as I hate peter111's spam.
Jan 4th: Nokia asks for US ban on Apple
Jan 16th: Apple asks for US ban on Nokia
Jan 22nd: Motorola requests US ban on RIM
and now Jan 25th: Toshiba asks for US ban on Wistron.
So are "ban requests" becoming the new "patent trolling"?
@jordanbiffle media gag orders are another tool that big companies love to use so they can keep everyone else in the dark fed with misinformation crap as if we were all mushrooms. 9 out of 10 doctors recommend not paying any attention to marketing since it is designed specifically to brain wash people into consuming things they don' actually need; and wouldn't otherwise want.
Is it me, or is everyone trying to stop everyones imports?!