Samsung Infringed On Apple Patents, Says ITC

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The U.S. International Trade Commission has ruled that certain models of Samsung phone violate Apple patents (http://www.techspot.com/news/53580-itc-rules-samsung-infringed-on-apple-patents-orders-import-ban.html), and are likely to be blocked from import to the U.S. From the article: "The patents in question are U.S. Patent No. 7,479,949, which relates to a touch screen and user interface and U.S. Patent No. 7,912,501 which deals with detecting when a headset is connected. The ITC said Samsung didn’t infringe on the other two patents. In a statement on the matter, the ITC said the decision is final and the investigation has been closed. ... As was the case with the previous ruling that saw Apple devices banned, the ban on Samsung devices won’t go into effect until 60 days but can be blocked by a favorable ruling following a presidential review. That seems unlikely as such a block has only been issued once since 1987 – last’s week’s ruling in favor of Apple."

http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/13/08/10/1822251/samsung-infringed-on-apple-patents-says-itc