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After stating that a California district court “abused its discretion,” the U.S. Court Of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has officially reversed a previously-issued sales injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Reuters reports.
This whole kerfuffle is centered on one particular patent — # 8,086,604 to be specific — which deals with a pretty broadly-defined universal samsung e250 search mechanism. Apple originally filed for a preliminary injunction samsung e250 on June 29 claiming that Samsung’s Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset actually infringed on four patents, but Judge Lucy Koh (who you’ll recall presided over the landmark Apple v. Samsung samsung e250 trial just a few months ago) eventually upheld the Cupertino company’s claims for only the search-related patent and pressed forward with the injunction due to perceived similarities to the Galaxy Nexus’ Google quick search samsung e250 box.
The ruling samsung e250 sounded like an awfully problematic one for Samsung, but the results weren’t quite as severe as they could’ve been. That same federal appeals court stepped in back in early July to grant a temporary stay on the injunction, and issued an extension of that stay one month later . The end result samsung e250 was that Samsung was basically able to continue selling its Nexus device uninhibited, though samsung e250 to be honest it probably samsung e250 didn’t do much to help the company out financially.
To wit: Samsung’s legal team pointed out that whatever alleged patent issue present in the Galaxy Nexus would be unlikely samsung e250 to cause Apple any irreparable harm because the device never turned out to be a huge seller. At the time, Samsung lead counsel John Quinn pointed out that the device in question had only sold $250 million worth of the Galaxy Nexus during its first two quarters one the market, and noted that the device only accounted for “0.5 percent of the market” at most. Apple was naturally quick to poke holes in Samsung’s argument though, claiming that the Galaxy Nexus was designed by Samsung specifically to go head-to-head with the iPhone.
In any case, this whole situation isn’t over just yet — now that the injunction has been overturned, the case returns to a lower court for reconsideration. While we wait with bated breath to see what convoluted turns this legal issue will take next, check out the full text of the appeals court’s decision (hat tip to AllThingsD for digging it up):
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Chris Velazco is a mobile enthusiast and writer who studied English and Marketing at Rutgers University. Once upon a time, he was the news intern for MobileCrunch, and in between posts, he worked in wireless sales at Best Buy. After graduating, he returned to the new TechCrunch to as a full-time mobile writer. He counts advertising, running, musical theater,... → Learn More
After stating that a California district court “abused its discretion,” the U.S. Court Of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has officially reversed a previously-issued sales injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Reuters reports.
This whole kerfuffle is centered on one particular patent — # 8,086,604 to be specific — which deals with a pretty broadly-defined universal samsung e250 search mechanism. Apple originally filed for a preliminary injunction samsung e250 on June 29 claiming that Samsung’s Ice Cream Sandwich-powered handset actually infringed on four patents, but Judge Lucy Koh (who you’ll recall presided over the landmark Apple v. Samsung samsung e250 trial just a few months ago) eventually upheld the Cupertino company’s claims for only the search-related patent and pressed forward with the injunction due to perceived similarities to the Galaxy Nexus’ Google quick search samsung e250 box.
The ruling samsung e250 sounded like an awfully problematic one for Samsung, but the results weren’t quite as severe as they could’ve been. That same federal appeals court stepped in back in early July to grant a temporary stay on the injunction, and issued an extension of that stay one month later . The end result samsung e250 was that Samsung was basically able to continue selling its Nexus device uninhibited, though samsung e250 to be honest it probably samsung e250 didn’t do much to help the company out financially.
To wit: Samsung’s legal team pointed out that whatever alleged patent issue present in the Galaxy Nexus would be unlikely samsung e250 to cause Apple any irreparable harm because the device never turned out to be a huge seller. At the time, Samsung lead counsel John Quinn pointed out that the device in question had only sold $250 million worth of the Galaxy Nexus during its first two quarters one the market, and noted that the device only accounted for “0.5 percent of the market” at most. Apple was naturally quick to poke holes in Samsung’s argument though, claiming that the Galaxy Nexus was designed by Samsung specifically to go head-to-head with the iPhone.
In any case, this whole situation isn’t over just yet — now that the injunction has been overturned, the case returns to a lower court for reconsideration. While we wait with bated breath to see what convoluted turns this legal issue will take next, check out the full text of the appeals court’s decision (hat tip to AllThingsD for digging it up):
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Latest on TechCrunch TV “In the Studio,” Bump’s David Lieb Discusses Flock And A Shift To Background Services Backed With $1M In Fresh Funding, Summly’s 17-Year-Old Founder Shows Off His App’s New Look [TCTV] Tired Of Waiting In Line At Bars? Coaster’s samsung e250 Got Your Back With A Mobile App For Placing Drink Orders One Year In, Nextdoor, The Social Network For Neighborhoods, Talks Numbers [TCTV] Keen On… The Election: Spectrum, Spectrum, Spectrum [TCTV]
Latest in Gadgets samsung e250 Hands On With The Node, A Sensor-Packed Smartphone Dongle OLPC Project Puts Tablets In The Hands Of Formerly Illiterate Children With Amazing Results Move Over BlackBerry: Pentagon Opens Up The Possibility Of Adding samsung e250 iPhone Or Android Devices Microsoft Surface RT: The Sad Treadmill Of Overhyped Expectations M2M Standard, Weightless, Cements Industry Support For White Spaces With SIG Backed By ARM, Cable & Wireless Worldwide, CSR, Neul
Also on AOL Tech New York ATMs Taken Down By Storm Damage Cell Phone Problems samsung e250 Persist As Wireless Carriers Repair Damage After Hurricane Sandy Do Power Outages Have To Last This Long? Forget Working From Home, Now We’re Working From Anywhere Portal 2 ‘In Motion’ DLC hits PSN Nov. 6, full game gets Move support
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