Apple seeks to ban Samsung phones after dodging iPhone ban

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After dodging a ban on its iPhone and iPad thanks to a veto by the U.S. government, Apple is looking to turn the tables and go after Samsung now, to get a few of the company's devices banned from import into the country, devices that have been found to violate some of Apple's patents. Meanwhile, Samsung is looking to appeal a ruling that found Apple devices to not have infringed on three of Samsung's patents.

While the Samsung devices in question make up just around 1% of the Korean manufacturer's sales, analysts believes it's not about the money or about the usefulness of the ban. “Sometimes, the money’s not enough,” said Ray Van Dyke, a technology-patent lawyer with the Van Dyke Firm in Washington. “Between Apple and Samsung, it’s about who’s going to be the top dog. You want to shut them down. This is the club. You can beat them into submission with a club and maintain your top dog status.”

Basically, it's a fight that isn't going to end soon, and armed with the confidence of a cancelled ban on its own products, Apple looks to be gearing up to go in guns blazing while it has the chance. What will be the outcome? No one knows, but the proceedings aren't going to get any less exciting any time soon.

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

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First Samsung device: SGH-D500

Abhijeet's writing career started with guides for custom firmware for Samsung devices (including the original Galaxy S), and he moved to SamMobile in mid-2013 and worked up the ranks to Editor-in-chief. In addition to phones and mobile devices, his interests include gaming on both PC and console, PC hardware, and spending countless hours on YouTube watching videos on tech, movies, games, politics, and internet dramas.

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Apple seeks to ban Samsung phones after dodging iPhone ban

Abhijeet Mishra - Editor-in-Chief

[email protected]

First Samsung device: SGH-D500

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