Fed. Circuit Says Trial Judge Abused Discretion In Banning Smartphone Sales, Aligns With Posner View

In a Thursday ruling in one of several recent patent cases related to smartphone technology, a federal appeals court said a U.S. District Court judge in California abused her discretion by granting a pretrial injunction sought by Apple Inc. that banned sales of the Galaxy Nexus marketed by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. While the appellate decision by the influential U.S. Court of Appeals for the...