Samsung sues Apple again

Samsung has filed four new patent infringement lawsuits against Apple in The Netherlands seeking to ban the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and both the first and second generation iPads. The devices are allegedly infringing on four of Samsung's 3G wireless technology patents with each one represented by its own separate lawsuit.
Samsung is seeking a ban in The Netherlands on importing, trading and sales by Apple and five Apple subsidiaries. Additionally, Samsung wants Apple to recall all infringing devices in stock from its "professional customers," including electronics stores like Media Markt, where Apple has set up a shop-in-a-shop business.
Samsung has filed separate cases for each of the four patents it is invoking against Apple in The Hague. The patents are related to methods of managing the data connection and speed between a mobile station, such as a smartphone or tablet, and a network base station.
Samsung is also invoking similar patents in other cases against Apple in the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Japan and South Korea.
The patents in question are so called standards-essential, which means they are incorporated in internationally accepted technology standards -- in this case, 3G and UMTS standards as ratified by organizations such as ETSI.