A US federal judge has rejected Apple's plea to ban sales of Samsung smartphones that violate its patents.
The decision, made on Monday, is part of a series of rulings that US Judge Lucy Koh says she is releasing over a period of several weeks to address the many legal issues raised in the case.
Apple had requested for the ban after a jury ruled in August that some Samsung products had infringed Apple's patents.
A jury found Samsung had copied critical features of the iPhone and iPad.
Samsung was ordered to pay $1.05bn in damages, a ruling the South Korean firm has since challenged.
Apple had urged the judge to permanently ban the US sales of eight Samsung smartphone models, while also seeking to add millions more to the award.
"The phones at issue in this case contain a broad range of features, only a small fraction of which are covered by Apple's patents," Koh wrote in her ruling.
aljazeera
The decision, made on Monday, is part of a series of rulings that US Judge Lucy Koh says she is releasing over a period of several weeks to address the many legal issues raised in the case.
Apple had requested for the ban after a jury ruled in August that some Samsung products had infringed Apple's patents.
A jury found Samsung had copied critical features of the iPhone and iPad.
Samsung was ordered to pay $1.05bn in damages, a ruling the South Korean firm has since challenged.
Apple had urged the judge to permanently ban the US sales of eight Samsung smartphone models, while also seeking to add millions more to the award.
"The phones at issue in this case contain a broad range of features, only a small fraction of which are covered by Apple's patents," Koh wrote in her ruling.
aljazeera
From Apple, you might expect appeal. (Sorry, just couldn't stop myself.)
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