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"Samsung has bulked up its legal case against Apple in Germany after it filed claims over four new patents today, that's following the initial telecom standards-based charges that were filed in April this year.\r\n\r\nA company spokesperson\u00A0informed Reuters\u00A0of the four new complaints\u00A0added by the Korean manufacturer, one of which relates to the use of emoticon, stating:\r\n(Samsung) made four more claims; two are standard-related patents and the other two are utility patents. And a court said it would make these claims separate from the April lawsuit.\r\nThe new charges follow Friday's decision from a regional German court which confirmed that a final decision on the case will be made on March 2.\r\n\r\nThe two companies have sparred in court rooms across a number of countries through legal cases relating to Samsung's Galaxy range and Apple's iPhone and iPad devices.\r\n\r\nBack in September, Apple was successful in an attempt to introduce a sales ban for the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Following the ruling, Samsung appealed and\u00A0re-modified\u00A0its product, introducing the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, in order avoid the infringements and gain clearance for sale in Germany.\r\n\r\nSamsung recently scored a high profile victory in Australia where a ban on the Galaxy tablet was overturned last month, allowing the manufacturer to begin introducing the product in time for the Christmas shopping season.\r\n\r\nSamsung u-turned\u00A0on its intention to try to block sales of the iPhone 4S in its native South Korea, during November, after statements from the firm suggested that it did not want its legal battles with Apple to reflect badly on home turf.\r\n\r\nThe ongoing global legal spat between the duo took a significant turn with the news that the European Commission, the legislative body of the European Union,\u00A0is investigating Samsung\u00A0for a possible abuse of FRAND licensing. The outcome has the potential to force the Korean firm to drop its litigation cases in Europe.\r\n\r\nElsewhere in Europe, Samsung previously saw a sales ban\u00A0fail in Holland, the country where it was\u00A0forced to modify\u00A0three of its Galaxy smartphones for sale after the models were adjudged to have\u00A0infringed on patents held by Apple.\r\n\r\nOther spats continue in the US \u2014 where Apple designers\u00A0will soon begin testifying\u2014 and in Italy, as the two mobile giants continue to lock horns over the use of mobile technology patents in their respective smartphones."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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