How serious is Apple about getting a court-mandated sales ban
against Samsung's Galaxy Tab and Nexus smartphone in place? Serious enough to
start sending messages about it to carriers and other retailers, even before
one of the injunctions was temporarily put on hold.
In a new filing in the case between the two technology
giants in California, which was picked up by FOSS Patents, Samsung notes that Apple took the liberty of
sending do-not-sell letters to carriers and retailers that carry Samsung's
products.
Those letters include a copy of the court-ordered
injunction, as well as a postscript suggesting that retailers are "acting
in concert" with Samsung by selling its products and thus must obey the
court order. In its filing, Samsung says Apple crossed the line with letters,
going so far as to call them "menacing."
According to FOSS Patents' Florian Mueller, Apple sent
out the notice for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 on June 28, with those for Samsung's Galaxy Nexus on June 3. In the Nexus' case, that
was three days before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit put a temporary hold on that injunction.
CNET has contacted Apple for more information on these
letters, and will update this post if we hear back.
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