To confront Samsung and Apple in U.S. courts luck Korean company - U.S. Court of Appeals overturned a preliminary injunction against the sale of smartphones Samsung Electronics Co Ltd's Galaxy Nexus. The case was sent back to California court for a retrial. Recall that this is exactly the case was filed in February, when Apple filed a suit accusing Samsung of violating eight patents, and asked the court to California to ban sales of smartphones, pointing out these violations. The trial court agreed. But the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the district court in California has exceeded its powers by introducing a ban on the sale of the entire country.