Friday, October 12, 2012

Apple / Samsung Update

A US federal appeals court has sided with Samsung Electronics Corporation in one aspect of its ongoing patent dispute with Apple.

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday overturned a judge's order blocking Samsung from selling its Galaxy Nexus smartphone pending a patent lawsuit by Apple.

It said the district court in California, which had issued the ban in June, had "abused its discretion in entering an injunction".

Apple accuses Samsung of stealing its smartphone and tablet computer technology.

A jury in September agreed with the company and ordered Samsung to pay $1bn.

Samsung has moved to set the judgment aside.

In its Thursday ruling, the appeals court said Apple had failed to show that any of the patent violations it accused Samsung of in regards to the Galaxy would immediately and irreparably hurt its own smartphone sales.

  alJazeera

No kidding. How long is that waiting list to even GET an iPhone 5?

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