U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, Calif.,...
U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, Calif., handed Samsung a win Monday, overturning an injunction barring U.S. sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet (http://xrl.us/bnscqq). She had originally ordered the temporary sales ban prior to a trial to…
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decide dueling lawsuits brought by Apple and Samsung over claims of patent infringement. A federal jury ruled Aug. 24 that Samsung had violated multiple Apple patents related to that company’s iPhone products. The jury found Samsung had not infringed on an Apple design patent on its iPad products, which was the sole basis for the injunction (CED Aug 30 p5). “The jury has found otherwise,” Koh said in her ruling Monday. “Thus, the sole basis for the June 26 preliminary injunction no longer exists.” Koh originally refused to rule last month on lifting the injunction. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled Friday that she could rule on the case, but said in its ruling that it would not give its opinion on the case. Koh said in the ruling that she is also retaining Apple’s $2.6 million bond on the injunction. She will decide whether to award the bond money to Samsung based on the outcome of post-trial motions in the case. Koh is set to make a final ruling on the post-trial motions in December. Neither Samsung nor Apple immediately commented on the ruling.