The courts view a sales ban as being quite a serious step to take.
Furthermore, Samsung is asking for damages based on the business it has lost due to the sales ban.
The sales ban will apply to Apple's iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and its tablets the iPad and iPad 2.
Samsung has already dropped its attempts to gain a sales ban on those Apple products using the standards essential patents.
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In addition Google is in the process of seeking a similar sales ban in the US through the International Trade Commission.
The judge in the case later rejected Apple's call for the sum to be increased and a sales ban on some Samsung handsets.
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The announcement followed news that a panel of judges is to follow up a separate complaint by Google which is seeking a far-reaching sales ban against Apple products.
Samsung, which counts Apple as the biggest customer of its components, faces a possible sales ban in the U.S. for some of its smartphones and its Galaxy tablet.
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Thus, at least at this stage, it seems logical that Samsung can compensate Apple purely with cash: a sales ban is not warranted as being the only possible compensation.
And it would need to be serious and severe damage to their ability to market and survive for a sales ban on Samsung kit to be a reasonable legal solution.
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If Apple agrees to drop its sales ban on 26 Samsung phones, that means there are more devices with which the weaker players such as RIM and Microsoft must compete.
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But the verdict will boost a related claim filed by VirnetX with the US's International Trade Commission which could theoretically lead to a sales ban on Apple products that infringe its technology.
In May, Google succeed in winning an injunction against Microsoft in Germany, allowing it to impose a sales ban there against the Xbox 360 games console, Windows 7 system software, Internet Explorer browser and Windows Media Player.
In May 2012, Google succeeded in winning an injunction against Microsoft in Germany, allowing it to impose a sales ban there against the Xbox 360 games console, Windows 7 system software, Internet Explorer browser and Windows Media Player.
He added that Samsung might try a similar approach in other European markets where Apple has successfully called for a sales ban on its products, though but he did not give an exact launch date or give details on how exactly they would be considered upgrades.
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The Obama administration wants Congress to require background checks for all gun sales, ban military-style weapons and limit high-capacity ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed bills that require background checks for private and online gun sales and ban ammunition magazines that hold more than 15 rounds.
Previously, Motorola tried to ban sales of the Xbox in US and Germany as part of this patent dispute.
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Mr Bush will be required to ban sales of dual use technology, which could be used for both civilian and military purposes.
Shops across Norfolk could be asked to ban sales of cheap super-strength alcohol as local police look to replicate a scheme in Suffolk.
Those that remain ban sales of military equipment, restrict trade in items that have potential military uses with a (dwindling) group of companies with nuclear connections, and block some loans.
Apple today told a U.S. district court judge in San Jose it would appeal her decision earlier this week not to ban sales of a number of Samsung phones.
Obama cited the major provisions of his package of gun proposals, including background checks on all firearms sales, a ban on semi-automatic weapons that mimic military weapons, and limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
Obama cited the major provisions of his package of gun proposals, including background checks on all gun sales, a ban on semi-automatic weapons that mimic military weapons, and limiting ammunition magazines to 10 rounds.
An agreement filing spotted by Reuters from a San Jose, CA. US District Court revealed today's news, coming just days after Judge Lucy Koh dismissed a request to permanently ban sales on several Samsung devices.
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Apple this week raised the bar by filing a motion in a German court to ban sales across the entire 27-nation EU of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1N a version of the tablet Samsung had modified with the aim of sidestepping the ban.
Across the different sectors, non-manufacturing PMI for the construction industry hit a whopping 62.5, up by 4.5 percentage points over the previous month even as housing takes a beating from a new 20% tax on used home sales and a ban on same-city second home purchases in Beijing.
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But as time wore on with no legislation, the best he could get was a ban on mail order rifles, sales to minors and a ban on Saturday night specials (cheap handguns).
Apple is also asking for a ban on sales of Samsung tablets and smartphones.
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