Apple filed a court request Monday seeking
to ban eight Samsung mobile phones in the US market following a major
victory in a patent suit against the South Korean electronics giant. The
case does not include Samsung's newest Galaxy S III, which is pictured.
Apple filed a court request Monday seeking to ban
eight Samsung mobile phones in the US market following a major victory
in a patent suit against the South Korean electronics giant.
The request includes phones being sold by
AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile to US customers that were found to have
infringed on Apple's patents from its iconic iPhone.
Apple asked the court to ban some of the
newer 4G phones from Samsung's Galaxy line as well as the Droid Charge
sold through Verizon.
The case -- in which the jury ordered more
than $1 billion for patent infringement -- does not include Samsung's
newest Galaxy S III, which was released subsequent to the suit but which
is facing separate litigation.
Apple asked the US District Court in San
Jose, California to issue a preliminary injunction on the eight devices
as a permanent injunction is debated.
The phones include the Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2
AT&T model, Galaxy S2 Skyrocket, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile model, Galaxy
S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail.
Samsung meanwhile asked the court to dissolve
an injunction on its Galaxy Tab 10.1, after the jury found it did not
infringe on Apple's design patent for the iPad tablet.
Judge Lucy Koh issued an injunction on the tablet on June 26.
The South Korean firm said the court should retain Apple's $2.6 million bond for possible damages.
The motion said Samsung is "entitled to
recover damages caused by the improper injunction, and the court should
retain the bond so that it may do so."
Koh has set a hearing for September 20 to
consider enforcement of injunctions against Samsung devices. She will
also hear Samsung motions to reduce or dismiss charges and Apple's
request for "punitive" damages, which could triple the award.
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