While embroiled in the original Apple v. Samsung trial back in 2011, Apple had requested an injunction to prevent the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy lineup of smartphones and tablets in the United States. Apple wanted the sales ban as they stated the products violated three of its multitouch software patents. Judge Lucy Koh formally denied Apple’s request then, but Apple is once again asking for the sales ban.
Last month, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled that Judge Koh must reconsider her decision to not ban Samsung devices that infringed on Apple products. Now, FOSS Patents is reporting that Apple has renewed its bid for a U.S. ban on Samsung products, requesting that a separate injunction trial be held on January 30, 2014.
From FOSS Patents:
It’s important to focus on the asserted patents, not the accused products. Obviously, the products that are named in an April 2011 lawsuit (such as the Galaxy S II) are no longer commercially relevant. But Apple is seeking an injunction that would also cover “any other product not more than colorably different from an Infringing Product as to a feature found to infringe” (which is consistent with the Federal Circuit’s TiVo v. EchoStar opinion).
The trial for a possible ban will be separate from the second infringement lawsuit that Samsung and Apple will be battling out in a court room starting March 31, 2014.
