Law360, New York (December 08, 2011, 6:51 PM ET) -- A Paris court on Thursday refused Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.'s preliminary bid to ban the sale of Apple Inc.'s latest iPhone model in France, ruling the allegedly infringing chips used in the smartphone are likely covered by Samsung's license with manufacturer Qualcomm Inc.
Judge Marie-Christine Courboulay of the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris found the Samsung patents at issue — which relate to third-generation wireless technology for Global System for Mobile Communications networks — had been licensed to Qualcomm for years and that Samsung couldn't...
Samsung Can't Get IPhone 4S Sales Blocked In France
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