The legal war between Apple and Samsung has been winding down lately, the mushroom cloudscease their bickering in the dozens of cases they'd filed outside the US.
finally receding as the two companies
But the war at home isn't over yet, Apple's latest move reveals.
The
house that Steve Jobs built recently appealed a US district court's
decision not to grant an injunction against Samsung's sale of several
devices that were previously found to be infringing on Apple patents.
Judge
Lucy Koh, who's been overseeing this case for years, said Apple can't
prove that sale of these Samsung devices harms Apple's bottom line, but
Apple clearly disagrees.
What is it good for?
The injunction Apple is seeking would permanently ban Samsung from selling devices including the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Samsung Galaxy S2 and several of its variants, Samsung Galaxy S3, and Samsung Stratosphere.
Apple won the case
years ago that says these devices and others do indeed infringe on some
Apple patents, but the two companies have continued squabbling ever
since.
Nevertheless Judge Koh isn't convinced that Apple will benefit from a ban on the sale of these devices, thanks in part to the profits Apple posted in the third quarter of 2014.
"Apple
has not demonstrated that it will suffer irreparable harm to its
reputation or goodwill as an innovator without an injunction," Koh wrote
in her previous ruling.
Given both parties' proven
tenacity, it's unsurprising that Apple would appeal, but here's hoping
that this battle comes to a real end soon.
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