U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple’s bid...

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh rejected Apple’s bid for a permanent injunction against Samsung, according to a Wednesday night ruling from U.S. District Court in San Jose. Apple had won a $120 million judgment against Samsung for infringing on three Apple patents, according to Koh’s ruling (case No. 12-CV-00630-LHK). But Koh on Wednesday declined to stop Samsung from selling its products with features infringing on the patents. “Apple has not satisfied its burden of demonstrating irreparable harm and linking that harm to Samsung’s exploitation of any of Apple’s three infringed patents,” she said. “Apple has not established that it suffered significant harm in the form of either lost sales or reputational injury.” Koh said she didn’t think Apple proved “that the patented inventions drive consumer demand for the infringing products.” Apple didn’t comment. A Samsung spokeswoman welcomed the ruling: “We remain committed to providing American consumers with a wide choice of innovative products."