The other day I told you that Apple won in an American court the right to impose a sales ban of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the USA and that 2.6 million dollars must be deposited as a guarantee for the effective blocking of sales. Well Apple filed already this amount and the sales ban has entered into force in the USA, Samsung being forced to remove the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet from sale in order not to violate the court's decision. Practically, now Samsung can no longer sell an old tablet, which was not selling anyway, so the victory of those from Apple is only "moral".
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... the injunction has taken effect and Samsung must abide by it. Otherwise Apple could ask the court to sanction Samsung for contempt.
Samsung has already appealed the decision to ban the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, but until a decision is made for this appeal, the sales ban remains in effect. This is the first time that Apple imposes such a ban in the US against those from Samsung, but other similar actions have been taken against those from HTC.
