Samsung loses bid to overturn US Galaxy tablet sales ban

Judge refuses to lift injunction in patent dispute with Apple, as South Korean firm is also hit with bar on Galaxy Nexus phone

Samsung has lost its arrange to overturn a ban on US sales of its flagship Galaxy Tab ten.1 pill pc, during a recent blow for the South Korean manufacturer in its patent war with Apple.

A decide in California on Monday refused to carry the ban – that came into force last week – whereas the court weighs up Apple's claim that Samsung illegally copied the planning of the iPad.

A spokeswoman for Samsung on Tuesday said the corporate would still charm against the injunction.

Apple and Samsung are concerned in patent disputes in many countries round the globe, during a row that has moved front and centre within the battle for the increasingly crowded pill market.

Samsung was ordered on twenty six June to halt US sales of the Galaxy Tab ten.1 – one in all the closest competitors to the iPad – till the South Korean firm goes to trial with Apple on thirty July. The US district decide Lucy Koh additionally hit Samsung with a US sales ban for its top-end Galaxy Nexus smartphone on Friday.

Samsung said during a statement: "Samsung is disappointed with the court's call that denied our motion to remain. we tend to believe today's ruling can ultimately cut back the supply of superior technological options to shoppers within the US.

"Regardless, we'll still pursue letter of invitation for an charm of the Galaxy Tab ten.1 preliminary injunction, that we tend to filed on twenty six June to the court of appeals for the federal circuit."

Pre-trial bans on merchandise are rare within the US. however analysts said the injunctions wouldn't have far-reaching consequences for Samsung within the pill and smartphone markets.

"The impact on Samsung is proscribed as cargo volume of Galaxy Tab ten.1 and Nexus are quite little," Lee Sun-tae, an analyst at NH Investment & Securities, told Reuters.

"Even if Apple wins an injunction request on Galaxy S III, Samsung can have lots of time to induce around it, because it normally takes quite an extended time for a court to method such requests."

Total sales of pill computers can reach 105m units this year and 143m in 2013, per the analysis firm IDC – compared with total laptop sales of regarding 400m, of that over hour are going to be laptops.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab vary of pill computers run Google's Android software, that is additionally utilized by a spread of rival makers as well as Sony and Motorola.

Apple is anticipated to stay the dominant player within the pill marketplace for the foreseeable future, with Gartner forecasting that the iPad can account for sixty one.4% of all sales this year. Android tablets are forecast to account for thirty one.9% of pill pc sales this year.