When Samsung came swinging with allegations of [OLED patent infringements](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/05/samsung-asks-for-south-korean-injunction-against-lg/) and corporate theft, LG promptly [counter-sued](http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/27/lg-countersues-samsung-oled/). Samsung then escalated by broadening its list of patent complaints, forcing LG to do what any dignified electronics brawler would have to do: file for a retaliatory injunction against the "sale, manufacture and importation" of one of Sammy's products. The device at stake today is the unsuspecting [Galaxy Note 10.1](http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/15/samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-review/), which has [no direct rival](http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/19/lg-backing-off-tablets-focus-on-cellphones/) among LG's current [product range](http://www.engadget.com/tag/lg) but which is claimed to have breached three LG display patents concerning the improvement of viewing angles. For its part, Samsung is dismissing the attack as "unjustified" and doesn't seem overly concerned by LG's demand for damages -- nothing less than a billion dollars for _each day_ the Note 10.1 continues to be made and sold.
Filed under: [Tablets](http://www.engadget.com/category/tablets/), [Samsung](http://www.engadget.com/category/samsung/), [LG](http://www.engadget.com/category/lg/)
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**Via:** [FOSS Patents](http://www.fosspatents.com/2012/12/android-android-war-raging-in-korea-as.html)
**Source:** [Dow Jones](http://english.capital.gr/News.asp?id=1696901)
URL: http://www.engadget.com/2012/12/28/lg-samsung-galaxy-note-10-1-injunction/
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