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Tonight, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) decided to ban the sale of several of the company's older products Apple on US territory. Indeed, according to the ITC Apple infringed the patent of competitor Samsung, which it used in the manufacture of these products. Specifically, this is a patent that allowed 3G wireless technology to transmit calls and data simultaneously. During a phone call, you can, for example, receive e-mails or surf the Internet. What seems obvious at first glance is, however, a closely guarded Samsung patent which, according to the ITC Apple misused.

The sales ban will specifically apply to models iPhone 4, iPhone 3Gs, the first generation iPad with 3G module and the second generation iPad with 2G module. The only one of these products that is still sold as a new model is iPhone 4, the others are now only available through the so-called refurbished program. Moreover, these are only models that are made for the AT&T operator. Apple However, he did not have to withdraw the offer yet, as US President Barack Obama must confirm the ITC decision within 60 days of the ITC decision. However, Obama also has the option to veto the decision and thus cancel it, and notchat The Commission decided on this case only as a higher institution.ance, to which Samsung appealed after last year's decision by Judge James Gildey, who recognized that Apple did not infringe patents.

"We are disappointed that the commission reversed its earlier decision and plan to appeal. Today's decision does not affect product availability Apple In the United States," the spokeswoman said Apple Kristin Huguet. If you're thinking that of course Obama won't sign the sales ban Apple products, we must realize that on the one hand, in the case of Applu is the largest taxpayer in the US. On the other hand, Obama faces enormous international pressure and his decision could disrupt international relations because Samsung is for South Korea what Apple for the US.

Perhaps the funniest of the whole situation, however, is Samsung's statement, which a company spokesperson published in an official report on the case: "The ITC decision confirmed the tradition App"We will not be able to parasitize on the technological innovations of the South Korean company. Our decades of research and development in mobile technology will continue, and we will continue to offer innovative products to consumers in the United States," stated the innovative Samsung, whose products are not even remotely similar Apple. When a company from South Korea lost a dispute in which it was forced to pay more than a billion dollars as compensation for Apple, demanded the American giant Apple also a ban on the sale of products Samsung on the territory of the USA, but then Apple failed.

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*Source: ceskatelevize.cz, news.yahoo.com, phonearena.com

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