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Apple fails to get a ban on Samsung in the US
A US DISTRICT COURT has denied fruit themed Apple's attempt to get Samsung's products banned in the US.
US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California denied Apple's request for a preliminary injunction against Samsung, according to the Wall Street Journal. The two rival companies are scheduled to go to trial in the case on 30 July, 2012.
This gives Samsung a long time to sell its hardware, and critically, the holiday sales period that surrounds Christmas.
Last week Samsung was somewhat victorious in Australia when it ensured that it could provide local shoppers with its gear in that country, after having seen off other similar challenges from Apple.
The US market, though, is much bigger than the Australian market, making this a key victory for Samsung and probably something of a blow to Apple, which has always said that it vigorously defends its designs, designs that it claims Samsung has copied.
"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," Apple said both when it launched its legal action against Samsung and ever since.
We've asked Samsung for comment. µ
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Ironic : apple steals XEROX'S IP. Lock, stock, and barrel. That pretty GUI on apple and Microsoft 's is? XEROX PARC was the originator. apple's people saw it studied it. STOLE it. YouTube shows jobs saying XEROX DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY HAD. Yet XEROX did have the ALTO, STAR using it! Look in YouTube under Steve jobs "I hired the wrong guy ".
2011:GOOGLE's Samsung,Motorola, et al NOT "slavishly copies ". apple will be dealt with. WATCH ... MORE defeats in the future. You, apple have stifled /lied enough!
A$ has always had the strategy of proprietary, and should know better after losing the "look and feel" lawsuit. But as their profits on toys are ridiculously high, and they've no real draw just a lock on a certain species of idiots, they still use legalities.
And don't forget that all A$ products are made in Asian sweatshops: the company appeals to rich idiots, but is based on virtual slave labor, that's why so profitable.
The US customer wins by this decision as they will have more choice. Apple is trying to buy time till Iphone 5 comes out using the legal process. Apart from SIRI and Icloud, Iphone 4S does not have 4G , large screen , mobile payments or new features of Icecream Sandwitch. By the time of Iphone 5 comes quadcore, 4G and ICS would have become standard features on all new android phones. Apple is acting like Rambus in trying to stop sales and creating fear of legal damages to stiffle competition and innovation when it is minting money by selling the Iphone
Apple is saying Samsung can compete as long as the product is ugly and cluttered
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/12/03/apple-instructs-samsung-on-the-finer-points-of-tablet-and-smartphone-design/