Judge Denies Apple Request to Ban Samsung Products - Wall Street Journal

Updated March 6, 2014 8:31 a.m. ET

SEOUL—A U.S. judge denied Apple Inc. AAPL -0.11% Apple Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq ^$531.79 -0.57 -0.11% March 6, 2014 9:53 am Volume (Delayed 15m) : 485,617 P/E Ratio 13.14 Market Cap $474.86 Billion Dividend Yield 2.29% Rev. per Employee $2,163,820 03/06/14 Judge Denies Apple Request to ... 03/05/14 Apple and Google Get Standby R... 03/04/14 Apple's Finance Chief Is Stepp... More quote details and news » 's request to seek a permanent injunction against Samsung Electronics Co. 005930.SE -0.30% Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. S. Korea: KRX ^KRW1326000 -4000 -0.30% March 6, 2014 3:00 pm Volume : 172,335 P/E Ratio 6.45 Market Cap KRW217354.07 Billion Dividend Yield 1.04% Rev. per Employee KRW2,521,390,000 03/06/14 Judge Denies Apple Request to ... 03/03/14 Samsung Shares Spotlight with ... 03/03/14 Behind the Preplanned Oscar Se... More quote details and news » 's products, dealing a setback in the company's legal fight over patents used in mobile products.

But separately, U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh, who presided over the original trial between the two technology giants in their patent litigation that began in 2011, completed a $929.8 million damages award to Apple, according to court documents filed with the U.S. district court for the North District of California on Thursday.

Samsung said it would appeal the amount of damages, noting it is "based on erroneous calculation methods."

In November, a federal jury in San Jose, Calif., ordered Samsung to pay Apple $290 million in damages for infringing some of Apple patents. This came on top of the $640 million from the original award that wasn't in dispute in a retrial.

In December, Apple had sought a ban on Samsung's products that it claims infringe on its patents, saying that monetary damages "are not an adequate remedy."

Last month, Apple and Samsung said they failed to agree on a settlement in their patent dispute in the U.S., setting the stage for the two technology giants to face each other again in court in March.

The March trial between the two companies involves a different set of Apple patents used in more recent Samsung products such as the Galaxy S III smartphone. Since the coming trial involves newer products that were bigger sellers, industry experts say there is a possibility of an even larger damages award if Samsung is found to have infringed Apple's patents.

The latest development comes as both Apple and Samsung face slowing revenue growth amid stiff competition heats in the global smartphone market. Apple and Samsung remain the only smartphone makers with double-digit market shares, but their combined share fell last year as more Chinese smartphone makers launched cheaper handsets. In 2013, Samsung's global smartphone market share was 31.3%, ahead of Apple's 15.3%, according to data from research firm IDC.

Write to Min-Jeong Lee at min-jeong.lee@wsj.com

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