"Apple Samsung patent purple" Risk halt to imports in the ... - The Republic

The International Trade Commission, the agency for the American competition, decided to block the entry of some products, including the iPhone 4 and the iPad 2 3G. The decision is subject to approval of Obama. Cupertino will appeal

NEW YORK – After the controversy regarding circumvention tax and the start of the process for the prices of the ebook, for Apple comes another grain. The International Trade Commission (ITC), the agency for the American competition, ruled that the Cupertino giant has violated a patent of Samsung and now threatens the ban on imports in the United States some of its manufactured devices such as China, including AT & T models of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3 but also the iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G.

Apple is rumored disappointed by the decision: the tactics of Samsung are against the interests of consumers . And reassuring that the decision will have no immediate effect on its products in the United States, today announced that it will present appeal.

The stop imports is subject to the approval of President Barack Obama, who has among its powers to to overturn the decision of the ITC: the head of the White House has 60 days to decide, if it does not do its ban on imports comes into force.

The position taken by the agency had no immediate effects Securities in trading after Apple lose up to 1 hour, 2%.

“The commission has determined that Samsung has managed to prove that the iPhone 4 (AT & T models), iPhone 3GS (AT & T models), iPhone 3 (AT & T model), the iPad 3G (AT & T models) and the iPad 2 3G (AT & T models) infringe the patent, “says ITC . The violation involves the transmission of data: part of the dispute

Apple has tried to prove that Samsung has set the standard for the industry and decided to license the patent, and therefore should not use it to restrict competition.

The decision inflamed still more the clash between the two company that also challenging in the courts vie for the smartphone market. Sector, which this year will reach another record: for the first time smart phones phones will overtake classic, winning 52.2% of the market with 958.8 million units sold, 32.7% more than in 2012 . Apple and Samsung together accounted for more than 50% of smartphones sold worldwide, with a global leader Samsung and Apple Queen in the United States.