According to a notice Apple filed with the court, Apple wants the following eight smartphones banned in the US: Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 (AT & T), Galaxy S2 (Skyrocket), Galaxy S2 (T-Mobile), Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail.
Last week the nine-person jury in San Jose, California, found Samsung infringed six of the seven Apple patents in dispute and did so wilfully in five of the cases. The jurors also upheld the validity of all seven of Apple patents, many of which covered the design of the iPhone.
Apple had sought up to $2.75bn in damages, alleging that Samsung infringed four design patents and three software patents.
Samsung, in turn, counter-sued, claiming that the Californian company infringed five of its own patents. Lawyers for the South Korean company argued Apple was trying to thwart legitimate competition.
The legal battle in California was one of several being waged across the world to determine the future of the $200bn smartphone industry.
While Apple has pursued legal action against manufacturers such as Samsung, experts says its real target is Google.
"In a very real sense, it's a fight between Apple and Google," said Brian Love, a patent expert at the University of Santa Clara who followed the case. "This particular case has been the most important in that because we have had the number one and the number two manufacturers facing off."
Benedict Evans, a consultant at Enders Analysis, said main result of the case would be that "blatant copying won't happen anymore".
“The money was really irrelevant for Apple. For Samsung it will be painful, but for any other Android handset maker the payout would have been ruinous.”
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