U.S. District Court Judge Lucy Koh has barred Apple and Samsung from filling any more cases with the court until and unless they are given permission by it. The order was issued by the court soon after Samsung filed an objection to Apple’s request for a partial judgement in the Samsung v. Apple case.
Both Apple and Samsung had in total submitted five filings to the court since the beginning of this week, which led Judge Lucy Koh to take this decision. Apple had first filed a letter proposing a partial judgement in the Samsung v. Apple case, in which the U.S. Appeals court recently overturned Samsung’s appeal of a re-examination.
“The Court has not yet received the mandate from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals,” Judge Koh wrote in her order. “Despite this, the parties have already filed a letter, two responses, an objection, and a motion. The parties shall not file any further motions, briefs, or letters with the Court until authorized by the Court.”
Samsung is even arguing that the initial proposal filed by Apple in the court earlier this week was not valid and against the rules of the court, and will violate federal rules if the court took action based on it.
Apple recently received a big blow in the Apple vs. Samsung case as its application to patent the ‘slide-to-unlock’ feature of the iPhone was rejected by the German court. The rejection of this patent filing will likely tilt the final decision of the Apple v. Samsung case in the Korean company’s favor.
[Via Apple Insider]
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