Samsung Beats Apple Yet Again

Apple AAPL may have won the first round in its ongoing patent dispute with Samsung, but the South Korean manufacturer continues to make headway in its other cases, including one involving the Galaxy Nexus. According to Bloomberg, Samsung has been granted the right to continue selling its Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the United States before its patent-infringement claims are settled with Apple. The Cupertino, California-based tech giant accused Samsung of infringing on several of its patents relating to Siri. Apple was previously ordered to post a $95.6 million bond, which would be used to cover any losses incurred by Samsung if the case ended in its favor. Thus far, these patent cases have involved a lot of back-and-forth rulings, most of which have leaned in Samsung's favor. Apple recently lost its bid to keep Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States. Data from Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry revealed that sales of the Galaxy S III actually increased after the Apple-favoring verdict was announced in its domestic trial with Samsung. Another study, conducted by Localytics, concurred with Chowdhry's findings. In July, a British judge ruled that the iPad was too cool to be confused with a Samsung tablet. While that ruling may have sounded like a positive development for Apple, it actually prevented the company from halting sales of Samsung products. That same judge, Colin Birss, later instructed Apple to publicly promote the differences between the iPad and the Galaxy line of tablets. While Apple and Samsung are expected to head back to an American courtroom in 2013, the jury trial involving the Galaxy Nexus smartphone will not take place until March 2014. Follow me @LouisBedigianBZ