Sales ban on Samsung's tablet remains in U.S. until trial

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in front of Apple's iPad.

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Samsung's latest effort to get the U.S. sales ban of its Galaxy Tab 10.1 lifted was derailed today.

In a court order (PDF), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied Samsung's request to suspend a preliminary injunction on its tablet that rival Apple won against it last month.

As intellectual property tracking blog FOSS Patents points out, this decision was coupled with another rejection (PDF) of Samsung's request to expedite an appeal on the matter.

CNET contacted Samsung for more information and will update this post when we know more.

This is the second such rejection to hit Samsung in its efforts to suspend the injunction. Earlier this month, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh denied the company's request to have the sales ban suspended until a decision was made in the case between the two... [Read more]