Apple Can Seek to Block Samsung Smartphones, Court Says
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Apple Inc. can pursue a ban on sales of some Samsung Electronics Co. products found to infringe its patents on smartphone features, after winning a U.S. appeals court ruling.
The patents cover features that Apple says make its iPhone unique, such as multitouch technology. The Cupertino, California-based company can’t block Samsung products for infringing patented designs, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit said in an opinion posted today on its website. The ruling gives Apple another chance to curb sales of its top competitor in the $279.9 billion market for smartphones.