No it wouldn't. I think it's ignorant not to. Apple is the only company you can blame right now. They started this chain of events a few years ago and have vigorously perpetuated it with this patent-lawsuit-happy-funtime. When they were able to get import bans on Samsung last year in Europe and Australia, it was only a matter of time before there was one here in the States. But this absolutely starts with Apple. We won't know what their percentage of blame should be until we hear the rest of the story though. As in, when were HTC, Sprint and ATT made aware of the ITC hold? I believe they knew well ahead of last week, but how far ahead? I've talked to some ICE inspectors that my wife works with and they told me, speaking in general only, that a 30-day Customs hold is not abnormal at all. Sounds like we're just a day or two past that, so were HTC, Sprint and ATT hoping that it would be a few days quicker and the devices would still be hitting their supply chains in time, meaning there was no need to inform any potential customers? Possibly. If so then a huge part of this blame falls on them. What about the patent system itself, that grants these silly patents and allows for these suits? There's surely blame there. And what about almighty Google? Why not come to the aid of your OEM? Especially HTC, who single-handedly brought Android to us all in the first place?
There is blame to go around for sure, and I think we'll hear more about the ins and outs of this specific situation as time goes by. But absolutely reserve some of that blame for Apple. They get the first piece of it. And I hope they choke on it.