The next week could determine whether Apple’s patent battle has been a bust

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Apple's patent battle against Samsung probably hasn't gone as well as the company had hoped. Sure, Apple won big last summer when a jury awarded it a $1 billion patent verdict against its rival, but things have been going downhill ever since. Among other things, Apple has seen its patent verdict cut nearly in half, it has failed to get import bans on key Samsung products and it even faces an import ban of its own on older iPhone and iPad models. And as Bloomberg notes, the next week could really be make or break for Apple's patent crusade against Samsung since it will face an import ban on some of its devices unless the Obama administration intervenes by the end of Friday and because it will present its arguments to an appeals court next week to make the case for banning Samsung products.

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