Reeling under recent court decisions in Europe banning the sale of its Galaxy Tab on account of patent infringements, Samsung has hit back against Apple by seeking a ban on the sale of the variants of the iPhone and the iPad that use 3G technology. The case is expected to be heard in court today with Samsung asking for a "preliminary injunction" against the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPad and the iPad 2.Webwereld Netherlands managed to view the legal documents pertaining to the complaints and noted that Samsung has claimed that the four Apple devices infringed on 3G patents from Samsung's patent portfolio. Along with the Netherlands, Samsung is looking for similar injunctions against Apple in the U.S., U.K., France, Germany, Japan and South Korea.
Samsung's acrimonious relationship with Apple has been sparked by the Cupertino company's recent lawsuit against the Korean handset manufacturer regarding copyright violations with reference to the Android OS and Samsung's own TouchWiz UI. As a result, the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 was stopped in most European countries and later allowed with the exception of Germany.
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