Apple won a $1 billion award in a separate case against Samsung in September. Yesterday, Samsung won an end to a preliminary injunction forbidding the company from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the U.S. The judge in the case imposed the preliminary injunction in June, but cancelled it following a jury verdict that Samsung had not infringed on an Apple design patent.
A December hearing is scheduled to evaluate Apple’s demand that Samsung be tagged with a permanent injunction from selling eight smartphone models and the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung has also asked the court to toss the $1 billion award on the basis of juror misconduct, and that request is also scheduled to be heard at the December hearing.
Paul Ausick