A visitor is seen inspecting Samsung's
latest Galaxy smartphone during an IT show in Seoul, last month. Samsung
Electronics vowed to press ahead with the US launch of its newest
smartphone this month, despite a fresh lawsuit filed by rival Apple
seeking to block the cutting-edge model.
South Korea's Samsung Electronics vowed to press
ahead with the US launch of its newest smartphone this month, despite a
fresh lawsuit filed by rival Apple seeking to block the cutting-edge
model.
Apple has asked a court for the Northern
District of California in San Jose to ban sales of the Galaxy S III on
grounds of patent infringement, Samsung said on Thursday.
The two technology giants are battling for
supremacy in the lucrative smartphone and tablet market. They have
launched dozens of legal actions alleging patent infringements against
each other in 10 countries worldwide.
Two days of court-directed peace talks
between the chiefs of the two firms ended in San Francisco last month
with no sign of a truce.
"Samsung believes Apple's request is without
merit," the South Korean firm said in a statement. "We will vigorously
oppose the request and demonstrate to the court that the Galaxy S III is
innovative and distinctive."
The Galaxy S III has so far been launched in
28 countries, mainly in Europe and the Middle East. It was being
launched in China Thursday, and will be available in 145 nations by
July.
Samsung has not given an exact date for the phone's US launch but says it will be "later this month".
Despite the lawsuit from its US rival,
Samsung said: "We would also like to assure consumers that the US launch
and sales of the Galaxy S III will proceed as planned."
The third version of the Galaxy S series
offers face-recognition technology and improved voice-activated controls
as well as a more powerful processor that lets users watch video and
write emails simultaneously.
It can detect eye movements and override the phone's automatic shutdown if the user is looking at the screen.
Samsung, the world's biggest technology firm,
shipped 44.5 million smartphones in the first quarter, exceeding the
35.1 million by Apple, market researcher Strategy Analytics said in
April.
It said the Korean firm also overtook Nokia as the biggest maker of all types of mobile phone in the same period.
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