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Sharp LCD TVs, Monitors May Be Banned From Import Into The US

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Turbostraw
06/24/09

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I guess in these times of recession lawyers need to find new ways to sue people.

I mean, how else will they finish paying their Cayennes otherwise?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/24/09

@Turbostraw: Most of the lawyers involved such cases are not US citizens typically. They're either Japanese, Chinese, or Taiwanese so that one can speak the native language of the people who built the fucking thing.

If you're Japanese, do you want a white lawyer representing you, or do you want a Japanese lawyer representing you that speaks English, and Japanese, and understands cultural nuanced use of language natively so that he can request clarification of terms as they are translated into English for the court proceedings?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/24/09

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OK, here's the basics behind manufacturers screwing other manufacturers.

Company A builds product.

Company B reverse engineers product, copies it, sends their product to market while knowingly infringing upon Company A's patent/patents

Company B then works to come up with a work-around the patent/s before Company A sues them.

Company A sues them.

Company A then requests that all products from Company B are banned from import during hearing.

Company B's products are then either banned, or not banned temporarily.

Company A then requests for all monies Company B made selling infringing products.

Company will then usually get portion of Company B's sales.

Company B releases work-around.

Company B retires infringing product line in US.

Company B is then cleared to continue now importing non infringing crap to US.

Occasionally Company B gets thumped hard before it gets to this end point and is effectively shut out of the US market entirely until case is resolved and products are no longer infringing upon Company A's products.

The short version as my former IP paralegal wife states it: Crooked Asian company sues other crooked Asian company in an attempt to corner market. The end.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/24/09

@Six Demon Bag: Lite: And this is something that happens every day for imported goods.
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asnpcwiz
06/24/09

@Six Demon Bag: Lite:

Except in this case, Company A is Sharp...I'm pretty sure the were making LCD's waaaaay before Samsung.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/24/09

@asnpcwiz: Who makes an LCD screen first has nothing to do with patents. You do realize that there is more than one way to build an LCD right? And that all the electronics contained within are not equal perhaps? And that maybe one company may invent something that increases the quality of their product that another company may wish to acquire so that their products are perceived as on par?

Or, are you just some sort of flaming moron who throws out idiotic comments like the one you just posted above?
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marcus1060
06/24/09

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I love my Sharp Aquos!
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nutbastard
06/24/09

@marcus1060:

agreed. they're much better than Dull Infernus.
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yugoAK
06/24/09

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Is president Obama an expert on patent law? What does he have to do with this.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/24/09

@yugoAK: President has authority over trade disputes. He has advisers to recommend a course of action to take. Same as when it comes to military action, reforming health care, or anything else he attempts to do. He gets advice from (allegedly) very smart people.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
06/24/09

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So does this mean I have to return the Sharp LCD I'm using as a monitor at home?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/24/09

@AllToAll,ByMyMustard!_GitEmSteveDave: Nope...
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Nick
06/24/09

@AllToAll,ByMyMustard!_GitEmSteveDave: @Six Demon Bag: Lite: actually, yes it does. you have to give it to me. sorry, bud.
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nutbastard
06/24/09

@Nick:

that vizio waitin at home for ya?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
06/24/09

@Nick: You lie! I'll bet you will offer him cake in exchange.
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
06/24/09

@Six Demon Bag: Lite: I'll take death then.
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nutbastard
06/24/09

@Six Demon Bag: Lite:

but... the cake is a lie!
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GitEmSteveDave_HurtHisKnee
06/24/09

@nutbastard: And my commenting skills, doubly so.
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