Apple's iphone sales may be banned in China If iPhone sales are banned in China, we might see the end of the eBay era in the US
17 June 2016, by Richard LIoyd
... In over a decade of debate on patent reform in the US, the decline in injunctions has not registered on the legislative radar as politicians have focused on patent validity challenges and abusive patent litigation. As with eBay, the legislative climate is generally seen as one that has gone against patent owners.
One wonders, however, how long that would remain the case if the sale of iPhones was actually banned in Beijing. So far a narrative that has received a great deal of play on Capitol Hill and - thanks to Donald Trump – in the current race for the White House, is that China is outfoxing the US on trade, while US authorities are standing by as China plunders the best of American innovation. A Chinese business blocking the sale of iPhones in China would only feed that narrative and, potentially, make IP rights in the US a far more prominent issue in the presidential election and US politics more widely.
If that’s the case then the notion that US courts and legislative reform have been undermining the ability of all US patent owners, but particularly American ones, is sure to come up. And if politicians wanted to help level the playing field then they could do worse than to start with the availability of injunctive relief.
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