Apple has filed a new application with a California court, following a ruling in May, which had found violations of patents of US-based Samsung.
In a decision released Wednesday, the judge Lucy Koh, however, felt that Apple had not proved "irreparable damage" related to a patent infringement of Samsung, which would justify a permanent ban of the products.
"Apple has not established that he had suffered significant damage affecting sales or reputation," or make a direct causal link between the damage and potential patent infringement made by Samsung, said the judge.
It therefore dismissed the application for prohibition.
This is a new setback for Apple in this case: Samsung had indeed scooped in May by a fine of only 120 million dollars, far less than the $ 2 billion claimed by the American group.
Major technological groups are engaged in recent years is an "patent war" before the courts around the world.
The battle between Apple and Samsung, which dominate the global market for smartphones and tablets, however, is particularly followed.
Both groups reached a partial truce earlier this month, announcing the abandonment of their reciprocal lawsuits around the world except the United States.
Samsung has already been convicted in this country to settle hundreds of millions of dollars to Apple.
In addition to the fine of May, he was ordered to pay $ 930 million in total after two rivers in 2012 and 2013 before the same court in California trial.
Despite this condemnation, Apple had also failed at the time to ban Samsung devices involved, justice considering having no evidence that violated patents played a central role in the purchasing decisions of consumers .
In a decision released Wednesday, the judge Lucy Koh, however, felt that Apple had not proved "irreparable damage" related to a patent infringement of Samsung, which would justify a permanent ban of the products.
"Apple has not established that he had suffered significant damage affecting sales or reputation," or make a direct causal link between the damage and potential patent infringement made by Samsung, said the judge.
It therefore dismissed the application for prohibition.
This is a new setback for Apple in this case: Samsung had indeed scooped in May by a fine of only 120 million dollars, far less than the $ 2 billion claimed by the American group.
Major technological groups are engaged in recent years is an "patent war" before the courts around the world.
The battle between Apple and Samsung, which dominate the global market for smartphones and tablets, however, is particularly followed.
Both groups reached a partial truce earlier this month, announcing the abandonment of their reciprocal lawsuits around the world except the United States.
Samsung has already been convicted in this country to settle hundreds of millions of dollars to Apple.
In addition to the fine of May, he was ordered to pay $ 930 million in total after two rivers in 2012 and 2013 before the same court in California trial.
Despite this condemnation, Apple had also failed at the time to ban Samsung devices involved, justice considering having no evidence that violated patents played a central role in the purchasing decisions of consumers .
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