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"A judge has lifted the ban on sales of Samsung&amp;#039;s Galaxy Tab 10.1 device in the US, as the South Korean firm targets Apple&amp;#039;s new iPhone 5 in a bitter legal fight between the two technology industry giants.  On Monday (October 1), US district court judge Lucy Koh allowed Samsung to restart sales of the Tab 10.1 after the tablet computer was temporary banned in America while a major patent and design trial between Apple and Samsung went ahead.    Judge Koh was presiding in August when a jury ordered Samsung to pay $1.049 billion in damages for copying features in the iPhone and iPad.  Apple has since applied for sales bans on various Samsung smartphones, including the new Galaxy S3, along with some of Samsung&amp;#039;s tablet products.  &amp;gt; Google: Samsung ruling must limit Android devices &amp;gt; Samsung backed by Tokyo court in Apple patent dispute However, the jury in August crucially did not agree that Samsung has abused Apple&amp;#039;s design patents that were grounds for the temporary ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1.  Koh had agreed to ban in June, but in her ruling yesterday she wrote: &amp;quot;The sole basis for the June 26 preliminary injunction no longer exists. The court finds it proper to dissolve the injunction.&amp;quot; Samsung said in a statement that the ruling &amp;quot;vindicates our position that there was no infringement of Apple&amp;#039;s design patent and that an injunction was not called for&amp;quot;. Despite lifting the sales injunction, judge Koh denied Samsung&amp;#039;s request for the $2.6m that Apple had posted as bond to cover the &amp;quot;costs and damages&amp;quot; sustained by Samsung because of the ban.  Fresh from this victory, Samsung has gone on the offensive by adding Apple&amp;#039;s new iPhone 5 to a list of products it believes infringe its own patents, as part of a second case the companies are fighting in California.  &amp;quot;We have always preferred to compete in the marketplace with our innovative products, rather than in courtrooms,&amp;quot; Samsung said. &amp;quot;However, Apple continues to take aggressive legal measures that will limit market competition. Under these circumstances, we have little choice but to take the steps necessary to protect our innovations.&amp;quot; The iPhone 5 has proved a huge success since it launched last month, selling more than five million units in just its opening weekend.  &amp;gt; Apple iPhone 5 review: Maps, 4G, camera, Earpods, battery and more "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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