The U.S. International Trade Commission on Tuesday issued a limited ban and cease & desist order on Apple products for infringing upon Samsung’s technology. The ruling concerns the AT&T versions of the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 3, iPad 3G and iPad 2 3G. Samsung had claimed that Apple violated several of its patents, however the ITC only found the company infringed upon one concerning encoding and decoding cellular data. The order will be sent to President Barack Obama, who will have 60 days to veto the ruling before it goes into effect. Apple will also have the opportunity to appeal the ruling in federal court.
Earlier iPhone, iPad models face bans in U.S. for infringing upon Samsung patent
Updated Jun 4th, 2013 5:48PM EDT
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Dan joins the BGR team as the Android Editor, covering all things relating to Google’s premiere operating system. His work has appeared on Fox News, Fox Business and Yahoo News, among other publications. When he isn’t testing the latest devices or apps, he can be found enjoying the sights and sounds of New York City.
