“Lawyers for Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. on Friday offered Apple Inc. a deal on a patent dispute over the two companies’ tablet computers that could allow the Korean company to launch its Galaxy Tab 10.1 device in Australia,” David Fickling and Ross Kelly report for The Wall Street Journal. “The agreement, if accepted by Apple, could see the tablet’s launch next week, Samsung’s attorney David Catterns told Dow Jones Newswires after a hearing at the country’s Federal Court in Sydney.”

“In Sydney, Apple is seeking a temporary sales injunction ahead of a final hearing that could go on for months,” Fickling and Kelly report. “At stake is Samsung’s access to the Australian market, where Apple has sold an estimated 500,000 iPads, according to a Credit Suisse report in June.”

Fickling and Kelly report, “It wasn’t clear what benefit Apple would gain from any agreement, as details of the proposed deal were not discussed in full in front of the court. But Apple’s attorney, Stephen Burley, conceded there was some potential benefit from an agreement on the matter. ‘(Samsung’s) inconvenience would be diminished and we would be comforted’ by such a deal, he said.”

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