Apple Versus Samsung: Federal Judge Ends Ban on Galaxy Tab 10.1

By David Tobia
October 3, 2012

Samsung can begin selling its Galaxy 10.1 tablet after a federal judge lifted the sales ban that had been in effect since June.
Judge Lucy Koh originally issued the injunction “based on the likelihood that a jury would find that a specific Apple design patent had been infringed,” reports AllThingsD. But the jury has since found that the tablet did not infringe a specific patent design, so Koh lifted the injunction.
“We are pleased with the court’s action today, which vindicates our position that there was no infringement of Apple’s design patent and that an injunction was not called for,” said Samsung.
Koh originally did not lift the ban, as the issue remained before an appeals court. She can choose to reinstate the ban after a December hearing if she sees fit.
In a separate case, Samsung filed court papers to include the iPhone 5 in another lawsuit between the two tech giants. Samsung claims it prefers to allow the market to dictate success, but says it cannot do so because “Apple continues to take aggressive legal measures that will limit market competition.”

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