Samsung seek another injunction against Apple – this time in Japan and Australia

Lee Bell
October 17, 2011
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iphone-galaxy-sIt’s all heating up in the battle of the smartphones. Korean handset manufacturer Samsung added another two court cases to its mounting injunction requests against Apple today. If successful, the orders will serve to halt sales of Apple’s new iPhone 4S, iPhone 4 and iPads in Japan and Australia.

The news marks the latest in the filings by Samsung against Apple since the announcement of the ever-so popular iPhone 4S. Only 24 hours after Apple first debuted the smartphone, spoilt little brat Samsung filed cases in both France and Italy requesting injunctions of the device.

It seems Samsung, who delayed the release of its new smartphone in a tribute to the death of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, didn’t ride the waves of compassion for long before serving up two fresh slices of injunction pie. Their spokeswoman, who was seen only moments before blowing chewed-up tissue through a straw at an Apple store window, told the Wall Street Journal: “these efforts were the latest in a series of counterattacks being made by Samsung against Apple worldwide.” Meow.

MocoNews.net reported that Apple’s claims against Samsung relate to patents such as hardware design and aspects of the user interface. Samsung’s claims against Apple illustrate Apple’s use of UMTS — that’s the 3G technology we all know and love. Samsung claims that Apple has not properly licensed for the use of the radio technology, and Apple claims that it has via existing agreements with Samsung and Intel. Who to believe?

So far, the one case that has come up concerning the technology, in the Netherlands, did not decide in Samsung’s favour. Other cases are still pending, although the Dutch decision is doesn’t bode well for the Koreans.

Why is Samsung still bothering – surely the failure of its other injunctions has given them cause to ponder if it’s all worth it? Especially when considering so far in the eye-gauging gadget brawl – only Apple have succeeded in the winning of any injunction when it managed to prevent sales of Samsung’s tablet computer – the Galaxy Tab 10.1 – in Germany and Australia. It has to be said that Samsung have been clever in dodging some of Apple’s bullets, modifying its software in several of its smartphones in the Netherlands to ensure at least some injunctions were avoided. How shrewd. But is it the sign of a guilty conscience?

Regardless, the recent announcement by Samsung that its Galaxy S and Galaxy S II devices hit the 30 million sales mark worldwide, means it doesn’t have too much to worry about.

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