A day after Apple Inc. said it would seek
to ban eight Samsung smartphones from sale in the U.S., the South Korean
electronics giant shot back Tuesday with a short statement: "We will take
all necessary measures to ensure the availability of our products in the U.S.
market."
Apple wants these smartphones banned: the
Samsung Droid Charge, Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S II (AT&T version), Galaxy S II
Skyrocket, Galaxy S II (T-Mobile version), Galaxy S II Epic 4G, Galaxy S
Showcase and Galaxy Prevail.
Last week, Apple scored an overwhelming
victory in federal court in San Jose when a jury sided with the iPhone maker in
a billion-dollar patent infringement case.
Apple had accused its rival of copying the
look and feel of its mobile devices, including the iPhone and the iPad tablet
computer. Samsung in turn accused Apple of infringing on some of its technology
patents.
The nine-member jury, after three days of
deliberation, found that Samsung had infringed on six of seven Apple patents;
Apple was awarded $1.05 billion in damages.
Samsung has indicated it plans to file an
appeal.
On Sept. 20, U.S. District Judge Lucy H. Koh,
who presided over the four-week trial, will hold an injunction hearing to
determine which, if any, of Samsung's smartphones should be banned from U.S.
store shelves.
Before the trial began, Koh had already
issued a preliminary injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet
computer.
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