Last week, Samsung and Apple decided to drop the appeal of their patent infringement case at the US International Trade Commission. This is a positive step from both the companies as they have been entangled in a legal battle for few years. Samsung dropped the appeal where they were trying to reverse the ITC sales […]
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Obama administration upholds ITC ban against Samsung
Samsung’s last hope to overturn the ITC import and sale ban was shattered today as the Obama administration failed to veto the original decision. US Trade Representative confirmed that he decided to keep the ban in effect “after carefully weighing policy considerations…advice from agencies and information from interested parties”. While the import ban is demoralising […]
USITC postpones final decision in Apple-Samsung case
The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has postponed the final ruling of the Apple complaint against Samsung. The final ruling was supposed to come out yesterday but the ITC notified about the delay till August 9, 2013 citing to “complete the investigation”. The USITC began investigating after Apple filed a complaint against Samsung on […]
Samsung files a complaint with USITC against Ericsson
Samsung has filed a new complaint with the US International Trade Commission (USITC) seeking a ban on sales of Ericsson products. Samsung says Ericsson’s telecommunications networking equipment infringe seven of its patents and want a ban on the sales of those equipment in the United States. Samsung also said that they tried to negotiate in […]
USITC to investigate dumping of washing machines by Samsung, LG
South Korea’s Samsung and LG will be investigated by U.S. International Trade Commission over the alleged dumping of washing machines in the United States. The petition was put forth by Whirlpool Corporation last year who claimed the large residential washers from Korea were violating antidumping laws. The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has made […]