美国取消三星galaxy手机禁售令-凯发k8官网

 

it said the district court in california, which had issued the ban in june, had "abused its ⁴ in entering an injunction".

 

earlier this month, a sales ban on samsung's galaxy tab 10.1 tablet computer in the us was also lifted.

 

the two firms are involved in a legal ⁵（争斗，扭打） over patent ⁶ claims.

 

samsung welcomed the latest decision saying it "confirms that the role of patent law is to protect innovation and not to ^{7 8} competition and restrict consumer choice". 

 

"we will continue to take all appropriate measures to ensure the availability of our ⁹ products," the south korean manufacturer said.

 

 

the smartphone segment is one of the fastest growing ¹¹ for phone manufacturers and apple and samsung are among the biggest players in the ¹².

 

apple, which makes the iphone, was one of the early pioneers in the segment, while samsung, which manufactures the galaxy range of smartphones, has made rapid strides in the ¹⁰ gaining a strong share of key global markets in recent years.

 

however, its success has coincided with a growing legal battle with apple, spread across various countries.

 

earlier this year, a california court awarded apple $1.05bn in damages, after ruling several of its software and design technologies had been ¹³ by samsung. 

 

samsung has since challenged that verdict and called for a retrial.

 

¹⁴ said that given the tremendous growth potential of the sector, the legal battle between the two firms was likely to continue.

 

"the ¹⁵ of the competition is so high, that it is less about billions of dollars in fines but more about slowing the competition," manoj menon, managing director of frost & sullivan, told the bbc. 

 

he explained that apple feels that samsung has infringed its patents, which it believes has played a role in samsung's success.

 

"apple will try and slow the rapid growth ¹⁶ of samsung," he said.

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