Samsung won its fight Thursday to overturn a preliminary injunction...
Samsung won its fight Thursday to overturn a preliminary injunction banning U.S. sales of its Galaxy Nexus smartphone. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed and remanded the injunction, issued June 29, ruling that U.S. District Judge…
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Lucy Koh’s court in San Jose had “abused its discretion.” The injunction was related to a lawsuit Apple filed in February that alleged the Galaxy Nexus infringed eight Apple patents, according to the court. It’s not related to Apple’s lawsuit against Samsung over patent violations related to its iPhone and iPad products. A federal jury ruled in late August that Samsung had violated multiple Apple patents, awarding Apple more than $1 billion in damages. Samsung has since asked for a new trial in the case and has successfully tabled a preliminary injunction against its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet (CD Oct 4 p14). Koh had originally issued the injunction against the Galaxy Nexus smartphone in part because Apple claimed the phone violated a patent related to its Siri voice command service. Samsung asked to have the ban temporarily lifted, but was denied, according to the federal appeals court’s decision. “Apple has presented no evidence that directly ties consumer demand for the Galaxy Nexus to its allegedly infringing feature,” the court said in its decision. “The causal link between the alleged infringement and consumer demand for the Galaxy Nexus is too tenuous to support a finding of irreparable harm.” The court noted in its ruling that the prosecution history in the lawsuit “does not help Apple show that it is likely to succeed in its infringement claim."