These two file photos show people walking past the Apple logo at the Apple Store inside the Grand Central Terminal in New York on January 25, 2013 (LEFT), and people walking past a Samsung logo in Seoul, South Korea, on January 28, 2011 (RIGHT). - AFP
WASHINGTON: A U.S. trade panel on Friday ruled that South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co Ltd infringes on portions of two Apple Inc patents on digital mobile devices, a decision likely to inflame passions in the long-running dispute.
The U.S. International Trade Commission issued a limited exclusion order and a cease-and-desist order prohibiting Samsung from importing, selling and distributing devices in the United States that infringe certain claims on the patents.
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