Samsung Galaxy Nexus ban overturned by US appeals court

 

 

It said the district court in California, which had issued the ban in June, had "abused its discretion 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 tussle over patent infringement claims.
Samsung welcomed the latest decision saying it "confirms that the role of patent law is to protect innovation and not to unreasonably stifle competition and restrict consumer choice".
"We will continue to take all appropriate measures to ensure the availability of our innovative products," the South Korean manufacturer said.
Slowing the competition? The smartphone segment is one of the fastest growing sectors for phone manufacturers and Apple and Samsung are among the biggest players in the arena.
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 (£652m) in damages, after ruling several of its software and design technologies had been infringed by Samsung.
Samsung has since challenged that verdict and called for a retrial.
Analysts said that given the tremendous growth potential of the sector, the legal battle between the two firms was likely to continue.
"The intensity 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

The head of the United Nations General Assembly has backed calls to address the rising incidents of murder and harassment of journalists in the Philippines.
“It is unacceptable that journalists are being murdered every year but the killers often go free,” said Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser, president of the UN General Assembly, as quoted in a statement released by the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).

During a meeting on Friday, Nestor Burgos, Jr., chairman of the NUJP, formally handed the letter to Mr. Nasser at the UN headquarters in New York asking for help in expediting the prosecution and conviction of those involved in the Ampatuan massacre in Maguindanao province.The politically motivated massacre of 57 people, including 32 media workers, in late 2009, has been considered as the single worst attack against media personnel in history. In the letter, the families of the media victims called on the UN “to vigilantly monitor this case and to take action,” through the body’s mechanisms and instruments.
“We appeal for your help in preventing a denial of justice,” the families stated.
They cited the slow pace in the prosecution of the 196 suspects in the massacre, including members of the Ampatuan clan, the alleged mastermind.
“Three years and yet justice for the victims of what can only be called a crime against humanity has continued to remain elusive.”