Australian judge demands that Apple show carrier contracts to Samsung

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Australian Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett has ruled that Apple must show Samsung its contracts with Vodafone, SingTel and Telstra if it cannot reach an agreement on Samsung’s accusations that the iPhone maker contractually forces the carriers to subsidize the iPhone. Samsung has also argued that the Apple iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPad 2 and iPhone 3GS infringe on its patents, and has sought to ban sales of the devices in Australia. Apple, however, has already <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/10/13/apple-wins-in-australia-judge-bans-sale-of-samsung-galaxy-tab-10-1/">successfully banned</a> Samsung’s Australia-based subsidiaries from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. “We will resist any attempts by our friends to push us into a corner,” Apple lawyer Andrew Fox said. “This is quite clearly a fishing expedition.” Earlier this month, <a href="http://www.bgr.com/2011/11/01/samsung-requests-source-code-in-effort-to-ban-iphone-4s-in-australia/">Samsung requested the iPhone 4S source code</a> and, according to <em>Bloomberg</em>, Apple provided the company with 220 pages of code, but left out one file. Samsung also has ongoing lawsuits with Apple in Japan, Germany, France and the United States.
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