The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) has dismissed Palm's complaint that Apple, by issuing an update to iTunes that used the USB Vendor ID number to prevent the software from automatically transferring content to any non-Apple USB device, had violated "the letter and spirit of the USB-IF Membership Agreement" which is "intended to facilitate interoperability between USB devices, not to regulate the content that flows between them."
The complaint came from Palm despite the fact that Palm was using an Apple Vendor ID to trick iTunes into thinking the Pre was a iPod.
The ruling by USB-IF not only dismissed Palm's complaint but actually bit back at the company requesting that Palm explain why they used a Vendor ID not belonging to them.