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Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Apple Inc. filed another make appropriate in Germany, seeking to ban sales of Samsung Electronics Co.’s smartphones, including the Galaxy S Extra and the S II, extending the global legal dispute between the two companies.
The action targeting 10 smartphone models was filed in the Dusseldorf Regional Court and is based on Apple’s objective rights, court spokesman Peter Schuetz said by phone yesterday. Apple also started a diverge suit against five Samsung tablet computers related to a September ruling banning the Galaxy 10.1., he said.
The latest cases add to the permissible conflict Samsung and Apple have been embroiled in over mobile technologies and designs since the iPhone maker last year accused its South Korean against of copying products. Samsung, also a chip supplier for Apple, edged out the U.S. companionship as the top smartphone seller in the third quarter, helped by its Galaxy products.
Nam Ki Yung, a spokesman for Samsung in Seoul, confirmed the suits were filed and said the flock has no immediate comment to make on them.
Source: BusinessWeek