Samsung and Apple were in federal court in California on Thursday to argue over Apple’s request for a preliminary injunction barring sales of Galaxy Tab and Galaxy S devices in the US. US District Judge Lucy Koh suggested that Samsung’s devices do appear to infringe on Apple’s design patents , though her final decision, expected soon, has yet to be issued. Meanwhile, Samsung’s efforts to leverage standards-essential 3G patents to ban sales of Apple’s newest iPhone 4S have fallen flat in The Netherlands. A Dutch court ruled that standards agreements require Samsung to negotiate licensing for the patented technology, used in 3G networking, on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory terms. Read the comments on this post

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US judge: Samsung’s products infringe on Apple design patents