In August 2013, President Obama issued a veto to an import ban of the iPhone 4S after Samsung won several court battles
against Apple claiming that the iPhone 4S violated several of Samsung's
patents. A few months ago, Samsung was on the receiving end of a very
similar case filed by Apple. The International Trade Commission decided
that several of Samsung's phones (Transform, Acclaim, Indulge, and
Intercept models) violated Apple's patents, and should face import bans.
Despite the similarities between the two cases, the Obama
administration today announced that it would not veto the International Trade Commission import ban against Samsung products. The move that could spark a trade dispute between the U.S. and South Korea.
