Galaxy Nexus ban temporarily lifted

It's time yet again to update your scorecard on the Galaxy Nexus ban.

A federal appeals court ruled today that the preliminary injunction set by a lower court against sales of the device in the U.S. is being temporarily lifted.

But keep your pencil sharp -- according to All Things Digital, Apple has till Thursday to submit an argument as to why the ban should be put back in place while Samsung's appeal of it wends through the court.

Here's the recent play-by-play:

• Last Friday, lower-court judge Lucy Koh OKed Apple's request for a pretrial ban on the device. Apple had requested the ban against the smartphone in February, alleging that the gadget infringes on several of its patents and should not be sold while the court resolves the intellectual-property question. Koh's ruling was a big victory for Apple -- such bans are rarely granted, and the timing of this one was sweet: Google had only just announced, at its I/O developer conference, that the Galaxy Nexus would be one of the first devices to get the upcoming version of Android 4.1, dubbed Jelly Bean, when it arrives next month.


• On Sunday, as expected, ... [Read more]