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Now Apple wants eight Samsung smartphones banned in the US

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By Noel Young, Correspondent

August 28, 2012 | 3 min read

Apple yesterday gave the judge in their successful case against Samsung a list of eight Samsung products it wants pulled from shelves and banned from the U.S. market.

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Judge Lucy Koh had asked for the list after a jury in San Jose last week awarded Apple $1.05 billion against Samsung , finding that the South Korean company had "willfully" copied Apple's iPhone and iPad in creating and marketing the products. Samsung plans an appeal.

The products Apple wants banished from the United States are the smartphones Galaxy S 4G, Galaxy S2 AT&T, Galaxy S2, Galaxy S2 T-Mobile, Galaxy S2 Epic 4G, Galaxy S Showcase, Droid Charge and Galaxy Prevail.

The Galaxy S3, pictured here, was released after the legal filings by Apple and appears to be safe while Apple tries to get the popular GS2 banned .

Koh has already banned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from the U.S. market after finding it likely violated a "design patent."

Samsung now wants that ban lifted after the jury found the computer tablet didn't infringe that particular patent - but did find it infringed three Apple's software patents that cover the "bounce-back" and pinch-to-zoom features.

A hearing has been set for Sept. 20 to discuss Apple's demands for the sales bans. 

Judge Koh may, however, reschedule the hearing to give Samsung more time to prepare. The South Korean company intends ask the judge to reject the jury's verdict as unsupported by the evidence. Failing that, Samsung may appeal the verdict all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Apple also plans to ask the judge to triple the damages to $3.15 billion because of the jury's finding that Samsung "willfully" copied Apple.

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