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2014 trial date

In her ruling, Koh said that Apple had clearly shown that it is likely to suffer irreparable harm unless it was awarded injunctive relief.

Since American judges don't issue preliminary injunctions in these kinds of cases lightly, this decision, and one earlier this week against Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet doesn't bode well for the Korean company that is also a major producer of components for Apple products.

Those patents are related to "data tapping," Siri and unified search, slide to unlock, and word completion on a touchscreen.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/25863...s_for_now.html