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Apple scores second courtroom win vs Samsung

A US judge on Friday granted Apple Inc’s request for a p re-trial i njunction against the sale of Samsung Electronics Co Ltd’s Galaxy Nexus phone, han ding the iPhone maker its second legal victory against Samsung in a week.

Apple and Samsung, the world’s two largest consumer electronics corporations, are waging legal war in several countries, accusing each other of patent violations as they vie for supremacy in a fast-growing market for mobile devices.

Friday’s decision, by US District Judge Lucy Koh in San Jose, California, comes days after she also slapped a pre-trial ban on sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, a tablet computer that runs on Google Inc’s Android and goes toe-to-toe with the iPad.

Apple has waged an international patent war since 2010 as it seeks to limit the growth of Google’s Android system, the world’s most-used mobile operating platform.

Opponents of Apple say it is using patents too aggressively in a bid to stamp out competition.

Apple spokeswoman Kristin Huguet reiterated her previous statement, accusing Samsung of copying the look and feel of its products. Samsung was not immediately available for comment.

As a condition of the injunction, Apple was ordered to post a bond of more than $95 million, to secure payment of damages sustained by Samsung should the injunction be deemed a wrongful decision later. The order shall become effective upon posting of the bond.

The case in US District Court, Northern District of California, is Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd et al, 12-00630.