Segway just dealt a huge blow to the hoverboard industry

The hoverboard industry suffered another major blow on Wednesday after the International Trade Commission (ITC) announced a ban on certain personal transporter devices being manufactured and imported into the country in response to a patent claim filed by Segway

The ban is termed as a general exclusion order (see documents below) barring the unlicensed entry into the U.S. of "certain personal transporters that infringe one patent asserted in this investigation," as well as a limited exclusion order "prohibiting the unlicensed entry of infringing personal transporters, components thereof, and manuals." Read more...