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"Apple has won a preliminary ruling against Samsung in an ITC case that had begun last year, reports Bloomberg. The ruling states that Samsung has violated four Apple patents related to iPhone design and touch screen technology, including a patent co-invented by Steve Jobs.\r\n\r\nThe ruling was passed by US International Trade\u00A0Commission\u00A0Judge Thomas Pender. This is just a preliminary ruling until it can be\u00A0reviewed\u00A0by the full\u00A0commission. If it is\u00A0upheld\u00A0 the ITC has the power to stop infringing Samsung products from being imported into the US.\u00A0This is part of a counter-suit that Apple filed with the ITC after Samsung issued one vs. Apple in July of 2011.\r\n\r\nApple\u2019s motion for injunction set forth its position that Samsung had \u2018slavishly\u2019 copied the design of the iPhone and iPad in the creation of the Galaxy Tab, Infuse 4G and other products.\r\n\r\nSamsung believes that \u201CThere is no legal basis for [the motion for injunction] by Apple. We will continue to serve our customers and sales of Samsung products will proceed as usual.\u201D Adam Yates, Director of Corporate Communications for Samsung North America told us last year, \u201CSamsung will continue to actively defend and protect our intellectual property to ensure our continued innovation and growth in the mobile communication business.\u201D\r\n\r\nSamsung's initial claim against Apple was ruled against preliminarily in September.\u00A0Here are the US patents in question in that counter-claim:\u00A0#7,706,348,\u00A0#7,486,644,\u00A0#6,771,980\u00A0and \u00A0#7,450,114.\r\n\r\nSamsung, of course, suffered a fairly major blow this summer when jury ruled almost entirely in Apple's favor in an infringement trial in the U.S. courts. Since that verdict, an appeals process has continued to take place in which Samsung has managed to whittle down judgements against some products like the Galaxy Tab 10.1.\r\n\r\nAs I said back when this ITC case was filed, this is yet another chance for Apple to curtail the sales of Samsung's devices in the US. And we inch closer to a showdown on yet another large legal stage.\r\n\r\nApple was also involved in an\u00A0investigation by the U.S. ITC over claims brought by Google's Motorola Mobility."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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