Samsung wins round in long legal fight with Apple

SYDNEY / SEOUL: Samsung Electronics Co., won a bruising round of their fight for a worldwide patent for Apple Inc. on Friday, the court lifted the ban on the sale of its Australian Galaxy tablet computer at the right time respecting the Christmas shopping season.

But the South Korean company to triumph in Sydney in a courtroom setback for the previous day, was subject to Paris, where another court rejected his bid to block the sale of Apple iPhone in France, 4S.

Apple and Nokia is mixed with about 30 case in the country since April 10 as they fight for their top-booming smartphone and tablet markets.

Australian High Court decision allows Samsung to offer shoppers an Australian unit of the final weeks of the key Christmas shopping season and came a week after a U.S. court denied Apple's claim to prohibit the Galaxy phones and tablets in the country.

Apple on Thursday appealed to the U.S. decision, which left the player important to leverage the iPhone and the iPad.

In France, a ban on sales of Samsung's bid for the original iPhone was rejected 4S. Call to request a disproportionate court ordered Samsung to pay € 100,000 ($ 133.900), Apple's legal fees in accordance with the decision.

Samsung said Friday it will review a written reasoned decision, and the French continued to exploit all available opportunities to assert its intellectual property rights.

Apple first sued Samsung in the U.S. in April, said the company's smartphones and tablets slavishly copied its iPhone and the iPad.

Samsung shot back, suing Apple for violation of its telecommunications technology, and later expanded its suit to Apple iPhone 4S, released in October.

South Korean company presented a preliminary injunction on the iPhone 4S Japan, France, Italy and Australia in October.

Australia, sales of the iPhone 4S is allowed to continue even after the court agreed to hear patent infringement case brought by Samsung in March.

"If the Italian offer (Samsung) also fails, the time may come as Apple, Samsung realize that you can not win a marathon sprint," said Florian Mueller intellectual property expert.

"The problem of" Atlanta "- requests for preliminary injunctions in the courts may be granted after an expedited procedure - that if they fail, they do nothing to the credibility of the plaintiff."

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