Apple succeeds in blocking the U.S. import some products ... - The Mundo.es

new chapter in the war of patents that Samsung and Apple faces. The Californian company got the International Trade Commission (ITC) ban U.S. imports of Samsung devices to the U.S. but exempts the South Korean company for the prosecution in four cases .

However, this decision could end up being just a symbolic victory for Apple than just harm the business of Samsung . The implementation of the measure was automatically postponed pending a case review by the Obama administration, the newspaper The Wall Street Journal.

This failure is the result of the lawsuit filed by the California company against Samsung in 2011, as part of a long commercial patent battle the two computer giants.

After months of investigations, ITC concluded that Samsung violated two patents of Apple. A case is related to touchscreen technology and the other is connecting headphones .

However, Samsung said that does not violate Apple patents in their smartphones and tablets. If U.S. authorities check this, the import ban would be lifted .

also the South Korean company has appealed and expects as U.S. President Barack Obama, the go . “We will take all necessary measures, including legal action, so that our requests are reflected in the ruling,” he explained in a statement Samsung, world’s largest maker of smartphones.

White House vetoed the weekend after a trial of Samsung against Apple for a suspension on imports for some older models of iPhone and iPad.

However, unlike Apple, Samsung appealed to the ITC to patents that belong to the base of technological standards. The U.S. government and the European Commission are against selling bans patents based on these standards.