Samsung loses case for Apple sales ban in Korea

News Wireless Korea, Republic of 12 DEC 2013
Samsung loses case for Apple sales ban in Korea
Samsung Electronics lost its bid to ban sales of Apple's older iPhone and iPad devices in South Korea, as a court dismissed a lawsuit claiming the US firm had infringed three of Samsung's mobile patents. A judge at the Seoul Central District Court said Apple products such as the iPhone 4S, iPhone 5 and iPad 2 did not violate Samsung patents on short message display methods and messaging grouping features, Reuters reports. The court ruled against a sale ban on the products and threw out Samsung's claim for KRW 100 million in damages.

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