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Microsoft pushes U.S. Customs to enforce phone import ban Jul 12th 2013, 21:15 Tweet Share this Email Print Factbox Factbox: The faces behind Microsoft's re-organization Thu, Jul 11 2013 Related News Microsoft aims to power mobile effort in major overhaul Thu, Jul 11 2013 Microsoft releases 'refined' Windows, revs up developers Wed, Jun 26 2013 Tokyo court says Samsung infringed Apple 'bounce-back' patent Fri, Jun 21 2013 France, Spain take action against Google on privacy Thu, Jun 20 2013 Analysis & Opinion Microsoft needs focus, gets bigger org chart SCOTUS pay-for-delay ruling: New scrutiny for nonpharma patent deals? Related Topics Tech » Regulatory News » Breakingviews » The Microsoft logo is seen at their offices in Bucharest March 20, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Bogdan Cristel WASHINGTON | Fri Jul 12, 2013 5:15pm EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp, which won a ban last year on importing some phones made by a Google Inc subsidiary, filed a motion in a U.S. court on Friday asking the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection to enforce the measure. The U.S. International Trade Commission, which hears a long list of high-tech patent complaints, said in May 2012 that Google's Motorola Mobility infringed a Microsoft patent for generating and synchronizing calendar items. It barred any infringing Motorola Mobility device from being imported into the United States. All phones with Google's Android software are affected by the ban, Microsoft said. That order was to have gone into effect 60 days after it was issued but, according to Microsoft's court filing, it still has not been enforced. "CBP (Customs and Bureau Protection) has repeatedly allowed Motorola to evade that order based on secret presentations that CBP has refused to share with Microsoft," the complaint said. A spokeswoman for U.S. Customs had no immediate comment. A spokesman for Google also had no immediate comment. The filing is the latest salvo in an international smartphone patent war that has embroiled a half dozen companies in lawsuits filed in about a dozen countries. The dispute is a sign that deciding which product infringes a patent is harder now that the world has gone high tech, and that Customs may not have the needed expertise to make that determination and perhaps should rely on the ITC, said Deanna Tanner Okun, a former ITC chairman who is a partner at Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg, LLP. "Problems have increased. The system is outdated," she said. "They're using practices and procedures that are 20 years old." (Reporting by Diane Bartz; Editing by Richard Chang) Tweet this Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story through relevant opinion, anecdotes, links and data. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. For more information on our comment policy, see http://blogs.reuters.com/fulldisclosure/2010/09/27/toward-a-more-thoughtful-conversation-on-stories/ Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above.

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