Courts Side with Apple to Block Samsung Galaxy Nexus

First the Galaxy Tab 10.1 , now the Galaxy Nexus . Apple has , for the 2d clip in two calendar week , convince the court to bar the cut-rate sale of a contend Samsung product for letters patent infringement .

U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh rule in favor of Apple late today , grant a preliminary injunction against Samsung ’s Google - design smartphone . Koh found that the Nexus is “ no more than colorably different ” and , as such , infringes on Apple ’s “ slide to unlock ” patent . In her ruling Koh argues :

Although Samsung will inevitably be harmed by being squeeze to take back its merchandise from the securities industry before the merits can be determined after a full visitation , the harm faced by Apple missing an injunction is greater . Apple ’s interest in enforcing its patent rights is particularly firm because it has presented a potent case on the virtue . As discussed above , Apple has prove a likelihood of prevailing on the merits of all four of its asserted patents . Apple has further shown a likeliness of irreparable harm attributable to Samsung ’s infringement of the ‘ 604 patent of invention if the injunction does not issue . Samsung , by direct contrast , does not stage any evidence of what hardship it will endure if the enjoining issues .

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Koh issued a similar ruling last workweek when she receive that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 infract of another Apple patent of invention and barred its cut-rate sale as well . The ruling goes into effect once Apple ponies up a $ 95.6 million chemical bond to cover Samsung ’s projected losses should the opinion be overturned .

Samsung is expected to appeal the opinion , especially given that Google lately designated the equipment as its ICS flagship model and has already commence distributing it to developers ahead of Jelly Bean ’s SDK release . [ All matter vitamin D – Engadget ]

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