Samsung wants iPhone 4S banned in France and Italy

by Henry Cole (Guest Contributor/Digital Journalist)

Samsung is seeking an injunction to ban Apple’s new iPhone 4S in France and Italy, due to Apple’s use of Samsung-patented technologies in the phone, the company claims.

An official Samsung press release earlier today claims Apple have infringed two Samsung patents related specifically to Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) standards for 3G mobile phones, a technology which Samsung believes is essential to the functioning of modern phones.

Apple and Samsung have quite a history when it comes to patent wars, starting with Apple’s claim earlier this year regarding the similarity of the design of Samsung’s Galaxy range of phones and tablets to that of Apple’s iPhone and iPad.

Samsung announced recently that they believe it’s time for them to take a tougher stance in the patent wars, and they seem to be living up to this claim, as their press release states “Apple has continued to flagrantly violate our intellectual property rights and free ride on our technology. We believe it is now necessary to take legal action to protect our innovation.”

Samsung also claims that they will be looking to file more preliminary injunctions in other countries, after “further review.”

This article originally appeared on Digital Journal [Link]