Apple has won the patent battle and successfully banned Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States.
"Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing products," The US District Court Judge Lucy Koh said in her ruling on Tuesday, Reuters reported.
Reuters report stated that Koh, who previously denied Apple's appeal for an injunction on the tablet and multiple Galaxy smartphones, mentioned that to make the latest court order effective, Apple has to stump a $2.6 million bond to protect the Korean company against damages if the injunction proves to be incorrect later.
Samsung, reportedly, will seek to appeal Koh's ruling to a federal appeals court in Washington.
"Apple sought a preliminary injunction of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, based on a single design patent that addressed just one aspect of the product's overall design," Samsung said in a statement. "Should Apple continue to make legal claims based on such a generic design patent, design innovation and progress in the industry could be restricted."
Meanwhile, the Korean electronics giant has launched the next iteration - the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 - which was not the target of the Cupertino tech giant. The court has ordered retailers to sell off their remaining Galaxy Tab 10.1 inventory but has asked the company to not to take a hit on units that have already been shipped to distribution partners.
The ban marks one of the first major victories for Apple in the U.S. in its ongoing patent war against almost all the leading smartphone manufacturers.
