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Antitrust & Trade Reg.

Oct. 24, 2013

Apple was the exception; Samsung, the rule

Samsung was merely on the losing side of a legal policy debate that transcended this single case against Apple. By Rodney R. Sweetland, III


By Rodney R. Sweetland, III


On Oct. 8, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) announced that he would not veto a final determination by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) in a case brought by Apple excluding certain Samsung products from importation. This decision was two months after he vetoed an ITC decision to exclude Apple products in a case brought by Samsung. An analysis of these two different outcomes demonstrates that the previous decision in fav...

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