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If upheld the ban will block Apple from selling the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS and the iPad 2 3G, which run on AT&T Wireless’ network. 

The ruling will take effect in 60 days, but Apple said that it plans to appeal the decision in federal courts. 

In recent years Apple and Samsung have been engaged in several international cases concerning patent rights. 

From The Washington Post:

Apple and Samsung have been entangled in myriad cases making their way through courts around the world. The legal battles were initiated by Apple, which has been determined to prove that Samsung and others copied the iPhone, from the curved shape of the casing to the way contact lists were displayed.

Last year, Apple won a lawsuit in a federal court that ruled Samsung had infringed several Apple patents.

Separately, Apple and Samsung filed dueling lawsuits in 2011 at the ITC, which has become a preferred venue for patent disputes among companies because the body can rule quickly and has the authority to ban imports or sales.

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