Samsung Asks ITC for Import Ban Against the iPhone, iPad

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Posted June 29, 2011 at 3:54pm by iClarified

Samsung has asked the ITC for an import ban against the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, according to FOSS Patents.

Apple recently amended its complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California and countersued Samsung in South Korea (where Samsung had previously filed one of four complaints with which it responded to Apple's original complaint). While Apple may soon seek a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy product range in federal court, Apple has not (yet) filed an ITC compaint against Samsung (though Apple routinely lodges and defends itself against ITC complaint, such as in its disputes with Nokia, Motorola, HTC and Eastman Kodak).

The relationship between Apple and Samsung seems to have rapidly deteriorated since Apple first sued Samsung for copying the iPhone and iPad. Recent reports suggest that Apple will have its A6 processor manufactured by TSMC instead of Samsung and may source future components from other suppliers.

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Samsung Asks ITC for Import Ban Against the iPhone, iPad

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Me84 - June 29, 2011 at 4:06pm

Sounds to me like Samsung is shooting themselves in the foot. I wonder how many millions of dollars of Samsung components Apple is currently purchasing. I would bet a week's pay it is an order of magnitude more than they are making on their phones and tablets.

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