The South Korean firm had sought an injunction in a German court arguing Apple's VoiceOver screen-access facility infringed one of its patents.

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Meanwhile in South Korea, the Seoul High Court has joined the Korean Fair Trade Commission in rejecting Microsoft's request to suspend a regulatory ruling to unbundle its Windows Media Player and Instant Messaging service from Windows.

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In a suit filed in April in a U.S. District Court in San Jose, Apple accused the South Korean company of aping the designs.

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It has, after all, appealed to the Seoul High Court to try and reverse a directive by South Korean regulators to sell the Windows operating system and Windows Media Player separately there.

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The cameras stayed on South Korean fencer Shin A-Lam for more than an hour as she sat on the court, face in her hands amid tearful shudders while judges mulled her coach's appeal.

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South Korean phone-maker Samsung has lost another patent fight against rival Apple, in the UK High Court.

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