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Oh, you thought this whole mess was over now that Samsung has to pony up $1.049 billion in damages to its bitter rival Apple? Not by a long shot. According to The Verge, Samsung and Apple attorneys have been talking with Judge Koh about a preliminary injunction hearing, and have apparently agreed to schedule it on September 20.

Now that Apple has a considerable jury verdict to back up its claims, you can expect the company to push Samsung hard to either license the infringed patents in question (meaning Samsung would have to pay out even more money on top of the damages it already owes) or bar the Korean electronics giant from peddling some of its questionable wares in the United States.

Apple’s clearly not shy when pushing for that latter option too — the company won a preliminary injunction against the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus earlier this year (ordered by the same judge, no less), a move Samsung quickly appealed.

This song and dance is already familiar to both parties, which hopefully means they’ll make judicious use of their time. According to Judge Koh, Apple will file its motion by August 29th, after which Samsung’s (undoubtedly bummed) legal team will have two weeks to cobble together its crucial response. From there, Apple has two days to whip up a response to the response. Just like in these proceedings, both Apple and Samsung are stuck with page limits for all their filings, so neither of them can afford to go off on tangents.

Jobo has rolled out the Pure 10 media HD 10-inch digital picture frame. The gadget features an IPS panel with a resolution of 1280 x 800 pixels and an aspect ratio of 16:10. As its name suggests, the Jobo Pure 10 media HD supports HD video playback. The digital picture frame provides an HDMI output, so you can enjoy picture slideshow on a bigger screen. Available in black or white, the Jobo Pure 10 media HD retails for an MSRP of €149 ($186). [PhotographyBLOG]

Here comes a new mini-ITX motherboard from MSI, the Z77IA-E53. Based on Intel Z77 Express Chipset, the board supports for LGA1155 processors and features two DDR3 DIMM memory slots (up to 16GB), one PCIe 3.0 x16 slot and one mini-PCIe 2.0 slot. Connectivity-wise, it has two SATA 6.0 Gbps, two SATA 3.0 Gbps, one eSATA, four USB 3.0, several USB 2.0 and Gigabit Ethernet. Pricing info is still unknown at the moment. [MSI]

iiyama is gearing up to drop their newest touchscreen LCD monitor, the ProLite T1532MSC. Designed for business users, this new 15-inch capacitive multi-touch monitor provides 1024 x 768 native resolution, 500:1 contrast ratio, 225 cd/m2 brightness and 8ms response time. In addition, it also comes with two built-in 1W speakers and has D-Sub, DVI-D and USB connectors. The ProLite T1532MSC will start shipping from August 28th for 85,800 Yen (about $1,092). [Product Page]

About a week ago we reported that some of Apple’s products, namely the iPhone, iPad and Macs could be banned on the 24^th of August as part of an ongoing legal dispute between Apple and Motorola. As it turns out, luck really seems to be on Apple’s side as not only did the jury rule in Apple’s favor in the Apple vs Samsung lawsuit, but it seems that a Commission review of the ITC case between Apple and Motorola has determined that the Cupertino company did not violate the patent in question and basically exonerated Apple.

While Apple fans and customers might breathe a sigh of relief, it seems that this is not over yet as the ITC has handed the case back to the judge who gave the initial ruling where he will be reviewing his initial stance on the matter. Basically what this means is that while Apple might have escaped the ban on the 24^th of August, there is still a chance that they might have their products banned in the future, although with the judge having to revisit the case, the clock has been reset and another ruling would probably take place in 2013. In any case we’ll be keeping our eyes peeled, so check back with us in the future for more updates.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Motorola patent win might result in US import ban for Apple, US judge will allow Microsoft to continue selling their products with disputed patents,