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"Samsung Electronics has today (November 26) announced that it has sold more than 5 million units of the Galaxy Note 2 worldwide in just three months. The sequel to 2011&amp;#039;s Galaxy Note shifted 3m units in its first five weeks of sales after launching in September. It has piled on a further 2m so far in November.  However, the sales milestone comes as Apple adds the smartphone/tablet hybrid to a California lawsuit against its Korean rival.   In an article on its Korean website, Samsung confirmed that it has supplied 5m Galaxy Note 2s to retailers.  This does not mean that they have all been sold to consumers, but does show that there is strong trade demand for the new device, buoyed by the recent launch in the US.  The Galaxy Note 2, which went on sale in the UK on October 1, sits in the middle ground between a phone and a tablet.  The Android device has a large 5.5-inch display that can be used with a special stylus to perform a range of tasks, such as writing notes on the screen.  &amp;gt; Samsung flexible AMOLED screen products &amp;#039;coming next year&amp;#039; However, Samsung&amp;#039;s main rival Apple has now added the Galaxy Note 2 to its California Patent Lawsuit, along with the new Galaxy S3 Mini and the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Apple claims that certain Samsung devices infringe its patents and designs for the iPhone and iPad, and wants them banned in the US. This follows a US court awarding Apple more than $1 billion in damages from Samsung in a high profile legal case.  Apple has already targeted various other Samsung phones and tablets following the ruling, including the flagship Galaxy S3 smartphone that has sold over 30m units worldwide in under six months.  In its latest filing, Apple said: &amp;quot;Apple has acted quickly and diligently to determine that these newly released products do infringe many of the same claims already asserted by Apple, and in the same way that the already-accused devices infringe.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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