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"&amp;lt;vc&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;Samsung has fired another shot in its ongoing legal battle with Apple, this time asking the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban the import and sale of devices including the iPhone and iPad.&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nThe request for an import ban is standard procedure for an ITC complaint. For example, in January of 2010 Apple &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/01/16/apple_fires_back_at_nokia_asks_itc_to_ban_handset_imports.html\"&amp;gt;asked the ITC&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; to ban in the import of Nokia-made handsets.\r\n\r\nAs &amp;lt;a href=\"http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/06/samsung-files-itc-complaint-against.html\"&amp;gt;noted by&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; Florian Mueller at &amp;lt;em&amp;gt;FOSS Patents&amp;lt;/em&amp;gt;, it's extremely likely that the ITC will agree to investigate Samsung's complaint against Apple, and a final decision would be reached within 16 to 18 months.\r\n\r\nThe latest legal filing comes as rumors continue to mount that Apple plans to &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/06/27/apple_rumored_to_move_production_of_custom_a6_chip_away_from_samsung_in_2012.html\"&amp;gt;move away&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; from Samsung for supplies for its custom-built ARM processors. One rumor that surfaced this week, claims that Apple will have its next-generation A6 chip built instead by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company in 2012.\r\n\r\nThe success of the iPhone and iPad has made Apple the largest customer of Samsung, with the Cupertino, Calif., company expected to buy &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/02/14/7_8b_in_parts_will_make_apple_largest_customer_of_rival_samsung.html\"&amp;gt;$7.8 billion&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt; in components from its rival this year.\r\n\r\n&amp;lt;div align=\"center\"&amp;gt;&amp;lt;img src=\"http://photos.appleinsider.com/samsung-110629.png\" border=\"0\" width=\"779\" height=\"432\" alt=\"Samsung\" /&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/div&amp;gt;\r\n\r\nThe courtroom showdown began &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/18/apple_sues_samsung_for_allegedly_copying_look_and_feel_of_iphone_ipad.html\"&amp;gt;in April&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, when Apple sued Samsung and accused the rival electronics maker of creating devices that copy the look and feel of the hardware and software found on the iPhone and iPad. Specifically cited were products like the Galaxy S smartphone and Galaxy Tab touchscreen tablet.\r\n\r\nSamsung fired back with its own &amp;lt;a href=\"http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/11/04/28/samsung_files_additional_iphone_us_suit_against_apple/\"&amp;gt;legal action&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;, accusing Apple of violating patents related to mobile devices. That complaint was filed in a San Jose, Calif., court."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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