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Apple seeking to ban the Galaxy S III, Note & 15 more Samsung devices in the US

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Well, it looks like Apple are taking a bigger stab at Samsung than we had thought. After we heard that Apple had won the US court-case against one of our favourite OEMs (which resulted in a $1.05 billion fine), we heard that Apple were taking things a bit further. At first, this was an injunction for the ban of eight Samsung devices from the US. Most of these had stopped being sold or were no longer as popular as newer models – namely, the Galaxy S II variants and a couple Galaxy S variants. Yeah, not the biggest deal in the world with the Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note out there in the wild.

However, news has come in over the weekend that Apple are in fact taking this one step further. They have drastically ramped up the number of Sammy’s devices they would like to be stripped from the shelf. If you’ve got an easily upset stomach then I’d suggest averting your eyes from the list below.

• Galaxy S III – Verizon
• Galaxy Note
• Galaxy S II Skyrocket
• Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch
• Galaxy S II
• Galaxy S II – T-Mobile
• Galaxy S II – AT&T
• Galaxy Nexus
• Illusion
• Captivate Glide
• Exhibit II 4G
• Stratosphere
• Transform Ultra
• Admire, Conquer 4G
• Dart

Oh yeah, and not to mention that Apple has already sought injunctions against many of the Galaxy Tabs and the Galaxy Note 10.1, some of which have been successful. Yes, most of these devices are not available in Australia, but a few of the major (hyper-linked above) ones are most certainly on our shelves.

Don’t worry though, us Aussies don’t need to get scared just yet. Samsung Australia made a statement last week letting us know that the verdict in the US does not relate to Samsung’s operations in Australia and our own hearings a proceeding in September 2012 (Samsung vs Apple) and early 2013 (Apple vs Samsung).

However, if Apple does win an injunction against Samsung in the US it will surely hurt sales, their revenue, profit and in turn the money focused towards R&D, which would affect Samsung fans anywhere in the world. Time will tell how this all plays out in both the US and Australia, but one thing is for sure – Apple are really going all out.

Source: Gizmodo AU

Written by : Josh is the founder of Android Australia. He is an adamant vegan, tech enthusiast and psychology student. He is currently a Google Chromebook Product Specialist and a Student Ambassador. You should probably follow him at +Josh on Twitter or on his personal blog!
  • Cam Charles

    what rubbish reason are these ones included in the ban for?

    • http://androidaustralia.com.au Josh Berg

      I guess the same ‘infringements’ that were ‘validated’ in the last case. I hope Koh doesn’t grant this it would be hell.

      • Cam Charles

        ye definitely, im pretty sure samsung have moved away from anything that infringes design patents (like icons) in newer models, so it must be on the merit of the whole rounded corner rectangle thing, it would be a devastating to all manufacturers not just samsung if the judge holds up that anything that looks remotely like a rectangle with rounded corners no matter how much that s3 doesnt look like a iphone, urgh

  • http://savemypc.com.au Harry Hillis

    surely this will back fire on apple eventually, their PR is nothing but negative.

  • Scott

    It would be lovely if Apple stopped masturbating over patent wars at some point in the near future.

  • jacob

    they are just doing it because an android is just plain better than the Iphone os the app are cheaper and the phones normally are too even the ones that match or out do the hardware of the Iphone they just can’t compete with all the different androids smart phones with the one phone they have just slightly modified and the re released 4 times -_-

  • https://profiles.google.com/115818855325573731307 jarrad lapsuks

    Wow.. they’re not going to stop until they own 100% of the market. They can’t win in any other fashion because their devices are outdated. Even the IPhone 5 will have mere minor adjustments.

    Someone really needs to stop this BS before its taken too far. Public intervention is needed.