A U.S. District Court judge in San Jose on Friday rejected Apple Inc.? 's request that sales of some Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets be banned.
Judge Lucy Koh denied a request by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit in which is accuses Samsung of violating its patents on smartphone and tablet technology.
The judge said Apple had proven it's likely to succeed in proving that Samsung's product infringe its patents.
But she said there isn't any need for an immediate ban: "It is not clear that an injunction on Samsung???s accused devices would prevent Apple from being irreparably harmed."
Samsung issued a statement welcoming the ruling: "We are confident that we can demonstrate the distinctiveness of Samsung???s mobile devices when the case goes to trial next year."
Apple reiterated earlier statements: "It's no coincidence that Samsung???s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple???s intellectual property when companies steal our ideas."
The latest ruling came on the same day that an Australian court extended a halt on sales of Samsung's latest Galaxy tablet in that country after Apple appealed a ruling made earlier in the week that had ended the ban.
Written by Cromwell Schubarth. Contact him at cschubarth@bizjournals.com
A U.S. District Court judge in San Jose on Friday rejected Apple Inc.? 's request that sales of some Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets be banned.
Judge Lucy Koh denied a request by Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) for a preliminary injunction in a lawsuit in which is accuses Samsung of violating its patents on smartphone and tablet technology.
The judge said Apple had proven it's likely to succeed in proving that Samsung's product infringe its patents.
But she said there isn't any need for an immediate ban: "It is not clear that an injunction on Samsung???s accused devices would prevent Apple from being irreparably harmed."
Samsung issued a statement welcoming the ruling: "We are confident that we can demonstrate the distinctiveness of Samsung???s mobile devices when the case goes to trial next year."
Apple reiterated earlier statements: "It's no coincidence that Samsung???s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple???s intellectual property when companies steal our ideas."
The latest ruling came on the same day that an Australian court extended a halt on sales of Samsung's latest Galaxy tablet in that country after Apple appealed a ruling made earlier in the week that had ended the ban.
Written by Cromwell Schubarth. Contact him at cschubarth@bizjournals.com or 408.299.1823.
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