Samsung asking for U.S. Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban to be lifted, might score a minor win against Apple

The Koreans have been found guilty of infringing on two Apple design patents covering Samsung’s almost full line of smartphones and have been ordered to pay more than $1 billion in damages to the Cupertino-based tech giant.

It’s true, the “victory” is much smaller than the defeat, but from one particular point of view it might have been more important for Samsung to get a favorable ruling in the Galaxy Tab 10.1 – iPad shenanigan. After all, it is certainly going to be a while until Sammy will be forced to cough up any kind of money to Apple and, for the time being, no Korean smartphone has been slapped with a permanent sales ban.

The Galaxy Tab 10.1, on the other hand, has been banned for sale in the U.S. back in June, with two appeals being already denied. A new motion to dissolve the preliminary injunction from two months ago has been filed by Samsung and has every chance of being met with a favorable ruling.