Samsung files counterclaim against Apple in Australia

Nieuws Mobiel Wereld 19 SEP 2011
Samsung files counterclaim against Apple in Australia
Samsung Electronics filed a lawsuit in Australia alleging Apple's iPhone and iPad 2 tablet violate a number of patents held by Samsung. Samsung Electronics spokesman Nam Ki-yung told Dow Jones the suit comes in response to Apple's own intellectual property claims against Samsung. The counter claim, filed in federal court in New South Wales, alleges violation of seven Samsung patents. The lawsuit comes ahead of a ruling later this month on whether Samsung will be prevented from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer in Australia. Apple took Samsung to court in Sydney earlier this year, claiming the South Korean tablet breaches patents related to the iPad. Other countries where Samsung and Apple are fighting court battles include the US, South Korea, France and Japan. In Germany, Samsung appealed on 16 September a ruling that prevents the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 there, the Samsung spokesman said. The ruling, delivered earlier this month by a court in Duesseldorf, upheld a preliminary injunction against sale of the tablet computer by Samsung's German unit.

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