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However, the sales ban does include the Galaxy Prevail, which was the top seller by units in the US for the past two years for Samsung. The Galaxy Prevail generated $378 million in revenue. The list of products that Apple wants banned include the Galaxy S II Epic 4G, the third best seller in units, the Galaxy S 4G, the fourth best seller, and the Galaxy SII T-Mobile, the eighth best seller. The Galaxy S Showcase, the S II AT&T, the S II Skyrocket, and the Droid Charge were all on the list as well. The eight phones accounted for $461 million in Samsung's revenue (Rosenblatt). .
Prior to the major patent case, Apple won a ban on Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in June of 2012. Samsung reported that it would not have a great effect on their sales. More recently, Apple is seeking to make that ban permanent, and they are also trying to get that ban stretched to cover the cellular version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung rebutted by asking the ban lifted after the jury found that the tablet did not infringe on Apple's design patents. However, the jury then found that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 actually did infringe on three of the software patents. Judge Koh has yet to rule on any of the bans, but a tentative hearing is scheduled for September 20th (Rosenblatt). .
Samsung already plans on asking Judge Koh to reverse the verdict. In the meantime, Samsung asked Koh to suspend final judgment until she can rule on the challenge, which would lift the sales ban until rulings can be made. If Koh decides not to, Samsung will appeal (Rosenblatt).
"The verdict should not be viewed as a win for Apple, but as a loss for the American consumer," said Samsung. "It is unfortunate that patent law can be manipulated to give one company a monopoly over rectangles with rounded corners, or technology that is being improved every day by Samsung and other companies" (Rosenblatt). .
Probably more important than the monetary damages awarded to Apple at the trial is the injunction.
