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US upholds ban on some Samsung devices

2013-10-09 02:00:00| Total Telecom industry news

South Korean electronics giant says decision hurts competition.

Obama administration upholds Samsung import ban

2013-10-08 18:42:37| InfoWorld: Top News

U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has upheld an import ban on some older-model Samsung Electronics smartphones and tablets after the U.S. International Trade Commission determined they infringed Apple patents. Samsung products running on Android and generally released before 2011, including the Galaxy S 4G, Captivate, and Galaxy Tab 10.1, will be banned from import into the U.S.

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US govt upholds ITC ban on Samsung smartphone imports

2013-10-08 17:08:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Samsung has lost a bid to prevent a ban on the import to the US of some of its smartphones. The Korean company had been hoping that US President Barack Obama would use his veto right to overturn the ban resulting from a decision by the International Trade Commission in a patent dispute with Apple. "After carefully weighing policy considerations, including the impact on consumers and competition, advice from agencies, and information from interested parties, I have decided to allow" the import ban to proceed, the US Trade Representative Michael Froman said in a statement reported by Bloomberg. Samsung can still seek a delay in the ban from a US appeals court that will consider the entire case on legal grounds. Samsung has argued the ban should be overturned on public policy grounds, especially since a similar order it won against Apple's iPhone 4S was thwarted by a presidential veto in August. The import ban is on a limited number of products. The ITC said newer models by Samsung had worked around the two Apple patents in the case, which covered a multitouch feature and one for a sensor for headphone jacks.

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