Patent War Adds Front in U.S.

"The group said a veto would upset decades of settled expectations and undermine the enforceability of valuable patents."

This would be a good thing in my opinion.

And thus, too big to fail rears its head again. If we ignore laws surrounding patent restriction enforcement due to Apple's products forming the bottom line of many mobile operators offerings, then it stands to reason that the lesson learned here is it's better to become so entrenched that nobody -- not even the government -- can pull you out, rather than forming a competitive patent portfolio.

Intel proposed that product bans be implemented only under "extraordinary circumstances" but here we are, a patent war in full swing. Normalcy is cast aside in favor shifting and hidden allegiances.

It might just be me, and since this is Apple vs. Samsung I am sure there will be lots of heated viewpoints on the topic, but to me it seems that this is going to be largely political. Apple is going to seem like a US-based company trying to move its operations back to boost the US economy, whereas Samsung is the external threat from overseas that is going to stifle the domestic market. I am not from either country, but that is how I see this playing out.

Considering that Apple has moved to ban Samsung products from US Shelves, why can't Samsung do the same to Apple? Oh yeah, because the law sucks in both cases. So... neither should be able to ban each other's products.

Hopefully something reasonable will come out of this.