Apple Loses US Bid to Enjoin Samsung

Apple took a hit Friday when a California federal judge said in a 65-page ruling that it couldn’t have a preliminary injunction preventing Samsung from bringing any more of its Android smartphones and tablets into the United States before the case goes to trial next July 30. Although the court allowed that Apple may eventually prevail at trial, the company supposedly didn’t prove it would suffer the kind of irreparable harm that couldn’t be solved by monetary damages. At the same time the court found Samsung’s tablet “virtually indistinguishable” from the iPad so the case’s eventual resolution, which charges Samsung with slavish copying, depends on whether Apple’s patents are valid absent a Samsung redesign.

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