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Galaxy S3 Mini Dropped From Apple's Patent Claims Against Samsung (Huffington post)
By Dan Levine
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 28 (Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed to withdraw patent
claims against a new Samsung phone with a high-end display after Samsung said
it was not offering to sell the product in the crucial U.S. market.
Apple disclosed the agreement in a filing on Friday in U.S. District Court in
San Jose, California.
Last month Apple asked to add the Galaxy S III Mini and other Samsung
products, including several tablet models, to its wide-ranging patent
litigation against Samsung.
In response, Samsung said the Galaxy S III Mini was not available for sale in
the United States and should not be included in the case.
Apple won a $1.05 billion verdict against Samsung earlier this year, but has
failed to secure a permanent sales ban against several, mostly older Samsung
models. The patents Apple is asserting against the Galaxy S III Mini are
separate from those that went to trial.
Samsung started selling the Mini in Europe in October, to compete with Apple's
iPhone 5. In its filing on Friday in U.S. District Court, for the Northern
District of California, Apple said its lawyers were able to purchase "multiple
units" of the ...