US judge rejects Apple bid to ban Samsung smartphones
YEREVAN, August 28. /ARKA/. A judge on Wednesday rejected a bid by Apple to ban US sales of rival Samsung smartphones targeted in a recent US$2bil (RM6.29bil) patent trial in Silicon Valley, The Star Online reports.
The decision was seen as a setback for Apple in its long-running battle with Samsung over features built into Android-powered mobile devices that compete worldwide with iPhones and iPads.
The California-based Apple requested an injunction on offending Samsung mobile devices — which were from the flagship Galaxy line — after a patent trial that ended with a mixed verdict in May.
Jurors awarded US$119.6mil (RM376.3mil) in damages to Apple.
While the amount of the award is huge, it is only a fraction of the more than US$2bil (RM6.29bil) Apple had sought at the outset of the case.
"Apple's cited evidence indicates that Samsung paid close attention to, and tried to incorporate, certain iPhone features," US District Court Judge Lucy Koh said in a written ruling denying an injunction.
"While indicative of copying by Samsung, this evidence alone does not establish that the infringing features drove customer demand for Samsung's smartphones and tablets."
"Apple has not established that it suffered significant harm in the form of either lost sales or reputational injury," Koh said in her latest ruling.
"Moreover, Apple has not shown that it suffered any of these alleged harms because Samsung infringed Apple's patents." --0--
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15:03 08/28/2014