Apple wins injunction against Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
(CNET) Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction against U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, the tablet deemed by many as the leading challenger to the iPad.
The ruling was handed down today by judge Lucy Koh for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, according to a Reuters report. Her order will take effect once Apple posts a $2.6 million bond to protect Samsung if the injunction is later found to have been unnecessary.
"Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing products," Koh wrote on Tuesday.
An Apple spokesperson responded to the ruling by reiterating an earlier statement made in the case, saying that "this kind of blatant copying is wrong and, as we've said many times before, we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas."
CNET has also contacted Samsung for comment and will update this report when we learn more.
Apple has been trying desperately to secure a U.S. ban on Samsung's Android-powered tablet. Apple scored a win last October when Koh ruled that Samsung's line of Galaxy tablets
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Apple is also seeking a ban on the sale of the Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone in the U.S., but
This long-running legal confrontation began in April 2011 when Apple filed a lawsuit in California accusing Samsung of copying "the look and feel" of its iPad tablet and iPhone smartphone. Samsung, meanwhile, has fired back with its own patent-related claims against Apple. In addition to the U.S., the battle has touched down in Australia; the Netherlands; Germany; parts of Asia, and France and Italy; among other places.
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The case is scheduled to go to trial on July 30.
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