Judge Denies Apple Request for U.S. Ban on Samsung Tablets
On Friday, a US District Court Judge rejected a request from Apple to block the sales of Samsung Galaxy devices. This means that unlike some countries around the world, you can still purchase a Galaxy Tab, Galaxy S IIs, and all of their various revisions and cousins. Apple has been fighting Samsung all around the world claiming Samsung products infringe on Apples design patents. Samsung has countered by filing suits in a host of different countries as well. So far the Samsung versus Apple battle has touched down in Australia; the Netherlands; Germany; parts of Asia, and France and Italy; and a few others countries as well.
In a ruling issued late Friday, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh decided that allowing Samsung’s Galaxy S 4G, Infuse 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1 devices to remain on sale would not harm Apple enough to justify the injunction. She also said such an injunction would likely benefit other gadget makers at Samsung’s expense.
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