Samsung is the largest smartpone maker in the world and Apple doesn't like that one bit. The iPhone maker is making sure that its rival doesn't pop the bubbly champagne on December 31, by renewing its efforts to ban sales of some Samsung's products in the U.S. that were found to have infringed on its patents last year.
Apple asked U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh, Friday, to ban sales of around 20 Samsung smartphones and tablets, including Galaxy S 4G and Galaxy Tab 10.1, that were found to have infringed its patents.
Koh had earlier rejected Apple's bid to get the Samsung products banned. However, a U.S. federal appeals court in November, said that Apple was free to pursue an injunction for banning some of the Samsung's products.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington had advised Apple to tailor its request to focus on infringement of patents that covered just the smartphone features (i.e multitouch technology) but not the entire product for infringing patented designs.
Samsung already owes Apple $930 million in damages and the Cupertino-based technology giant has also demanded that Samsung pay at least one fourth of the legal fees Apple incurred in pursuing its patent infringement claims in the court since 2011. According to Morrison Foerster LLP's partner Rachel Krevans, its client has paid the firm $56.5 million for engaging its legal services from April 2011 to August 2013.
Apple also indicated that it will pursue infringement claims against newer models such as the Galaxy S3.
