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Apple faces Delay to ban Samsung phones

The move follows Apple's major legal victory last week when a US jury ruled that Samsung had violated patents used in the iPhone.

The jury agreed unanimously that Samsung's phones violated six Apple patents that covered the design of the iPhone as well as the phone's software.

Apple immediately filed a notice stipulating that it wants the following eight smartphones banned in the United States:


Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 (AT & T), Galaxy S2 (Skyrocket), Galaxy S2 (T-Mobile), Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail.

It had initially been thought that the injunction hearing at which the bans will be decided would be scheduled for September 20.
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Both parties will attend court on that date, but only to hear Samsung’s effort to have the injunction lifted against the Galaxy Tab 10.1.

Samsung won a small victory in the patent dispute when the tablet was found not to infringe on an Apple design patent.

But the South Korean company still faces a hefty bill after the jury ordered it to pay $1.05bn (£664m) in damages for the iPhone infringement.

Apple's request for an injunction against the eight Samsung phones, as well as Samsung's attempts to have the jury's original verdict set aside, will be heard at a hearing on December 6.

US District Judge Lucy Koh, who presided at the trial in San Jose, California, will hear arguments from both sides.

Yesterday Samsung vowed to take all 'necessary measures' to keep its phones in US stores, suggesting that it does not intend to compromise.

The eight phones in the cae are largely older models and no longer bestsellers in the US which may lessen the blow for Samsung should Apple secure the ban.

However legal experts have suggested that Apple could use the victory to push for a US wide ban on Samsung's current top selling models.

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