U.S. Will Ban Some Samsung Products

The article addresses that the U.S. court decided in Apple's favor in terms of "the war" of Smartphone patent infringement, so Samsung cannot import or sell some mobile devices that infringe on Apple Inc. patents in the United States. Several years ago, Apple was claiming that Samsung has infringed on its patent. The ground was that Samsung's mobile devices had quite similar design with Apple's product, especially tablet PCs. The tablet has started a legal war between Apple and Samsung. Samsung also had filed a countercharge against Apple with a claim that Apple product infringed on three Samsung patents regarding 3G technology. Moreover, Samsung did a counterargument against Apple, saying Apple used many of Samsung's ideas in the design. In order to build credibility (ethos), Samsung has said the tablet PC's newer models incorporate features that work around disputed technology, and that those changes have been approved by the International Trade Commission. However, according to U.S. Trade Representative's office (rebuttal), the Samsung devices infringed on portions of two Apple patents on digital mobile devices related to the detection of headphone jacks and the operation of "touchscreen." I think Apple won on the legal battle because they have more grounds that Samsung copied Apple product's design. Samsung has failed on their rebuttal that Apple's claim that Samsung has infringed on its patent in the court.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/2013/10/08/us-ban-on-some-samsung-products-to-go-into-effect/