Earlier in the week, Apple won a preliminary injunction banning sale of Samsung’s Android-based Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet.Apple had to pay a $2.6 million bond to protect Samsung if it is later determined that the injunction should not have been granted.
FOSS Patents reports that Apple has paid the bond:
Apple didn't hesitate to post its $2.6 million bond to protect Samsung againt the possibility of a successful appeal, in which case the preliminary injunction would be found to have been improperly granted. [...]
Samsung has apparently filed a motion to stay the injunction pending its appeal to the Federal Circuit. Samsung has argued that it's likely to succeed on appeal because the court "erred by issuing a preliminary injunction based on a stale and incomplete record" and the injunction "is improper based on the current evidence."
On this basis, the injunction has taken effect and Samsung must abide by it. Otherwise Apple could ask the court to sanction Samsung for contempt.
So until the court adjudicates its motion to stay, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is subject to the ban in the U.S. The ban does not affect Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 that was launched last month.
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