Apple has succeeded in banning Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the U.S. market due to supposed patent violation done by Samsung. This ruling could affect Samsung's over-all standing in the smartphone market and could also potentially affect the release of Samsung Galaxy S3 in the U.S.

Lucy Koh, a U.S. District judge recently granted the request made by Apple for an injunction which blocks the sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphones and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the U.S. In her decision, Judge Koh mentioned that "Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing products. Accordingly, the court finds that Apple has adequately established the requisite causal nexus between Samsung's alleged infringement of the '604 Patent and Apple's risk of suffering irreparable harm. In sum, Apple has shown a likelihood of establishing both infringement and validity". This ruling marks the second victory by Apple against Samsung in this ongoing patent war against Korean-based firm, Samsung.

Both Samsung and Google has expressed dissappointment over the ruling made by the court. In a statement released by Google, it states that "We're disappointed with this decision, but we believe the correct result will be reached as more evidence comes to light." Samsung is now appealing the decision based on seven grounds which includes that Apple cannot prove that their market share is being damaged due to this situation. There is also a big possibility that Samsung Galaxy S3 could be banned as Apple has already sought out to ban a total of 25 smartphones from Samsung. Lee Sun Tae, a Seoul-based analyst at NH Investment & Securities Co. remarked that "If this leads to a ban on the Galaxy S III, it could be a big problem for Samsung."

Apple and Samsung has been long engaged with their patent war all over the world including Australia. Many people believe that this is Apple's way of crippling the growing Android market which can be a possible threat to Apple's share in the world market. In Australia, Samsung was succesful in its case against Apple thus enabling the company to release Samsung Galaxy 10.1 in the country.

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