Samsung Galaxy Nexus can stay on sale pending appeal

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Monday issued a continuation for a temporary stay of an Apple-won injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, ordering that the handset can remain on sale until an appeal of the ruling is heard in August.

Apple won the temporary injunction in late June after successfully leveraging a unified search patent against the Galaxy Nexus but Samsung filed for a stay which was denied by a U.S. district court but granted by the CAFC in July. Also granted was Samsung's request to expedite an appeal of the temporary injunction ruling.

Source: CAFC

It was unknown how long the hold would remain in place, but Monday's order confirms Samsung is allowed to continue sales of the smartphone pending an appeal hearing set for August 20.

Samsung Stay Continuation

Apple recently won a separate U.S. injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in late June during the same week as the Galaxy Nexus win. Both the Northern California District Court and the CAFC denied Samsung's request to stay the Galaxy Tab ruling, though it seems unlikely the sales stoppage will significantly affect the company's bottom line.

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daharder 15 Years · 1580 comments

About 12 years ago

'Can'... and most certainly WILL until its replaced by the new Nexus model this fall.

solipsismx 13 Years · 19562 comments

At least in regards to trade dress, I'm not seeing any stolen IP the way we have seen with previous Samsung products. Also considering the recent info about Google warning Samsung about copying Apple I would wager that Google has probably taken steps to keep Samsung from making the Nexus 7 a clone of the iPad.

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malta 12 Years · 78 comments

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Originally Posted by SolipsismX

I would wager that Google has probably taken steps to keep Samsung from making the Nexus 7 a clone of the iPad.

I would wager everything that Google did nothing. The Nexus 7 is made by Asus not Samsung

[quote name="malta" url="/t/151624/samsung-galaxy-nexus-can-stay-on-sale-pending-appeal#post_2157887"] I would wager everything that Google did nothing. The Nexus 7 is made by Asus not Samsung [/quote] That's right, it is. Asus has done a great job with quality displays and great battery life for their price points, too.

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rfhjr 13 Years · 44 comments

The stay shows that infringers have the advantage with the slow judicial process trumping the rapid product cycle in smartphones. It puts innovative companies at a huge disadvantage.