A South Korean justice has ruled that Apple and Samsung both infringed any other's patents on mobile devices.
The justice imposed a paltry anathema on national sales of products by both companies covered by the ruling.
It ruled that US-based Apple had infringed two patents hold by Samsung, whilst the Korean definite had disregarded a of Apple's patents.
The preference comes as a jury in California is comparing opinions on a obvious hearing between the two firms in the US.
The sales anathema will request to Apple's iPhone3GS, iPhone4 and its tablets the iPad and ipad2.
Samsung products affected by the anathema add its smartphone models Milky Way SI and SII and its Milky Way Tab and the Milky Way Tab 10.1 inscription PCs.
The justice systematic Apple to pay 40m won ($35,000; 22,000) in indemnification to the South Korean rival, whilst Samsung was told to pay Apple 25m won.
A Samsung orator told the BBC that the justice had found the South Korean definite guilty of violating Apple's obvious relating to the "bounce back" function.
The function lets users know that they have reached the finish of a shade that they might be scrolling by on the their devices.
Meanwhile, Apple has been found guilty of violating patents relating to telecom standards hold by Samsung, inclusive technology that creates the give and delivery of information between gadgets more efficient.
However, the justice ruled against Apple's claims that Samsung had copied the designs of its products.
"There are lots of outmost pattern similarities between the iPhone and Milky Way S, such as spherical corners and considerable screens... but these similarities had been documented in formerly products," a panel of judges at the Seoul Central District Court was quoted as adage by the Reuters headlines agency.
"Given that it's really paltry to make big pattern changes in touch-screen formed mobile products in general... and the suspect (Samsung) differentiated its products with 3 buttons in the front and adopted not similar designs in camera and [on the] side, the two products have a not similar look," the panel of judges said.
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