Apple has filed a fresh patent infringement action in the United States against Samsung, alleging that the South Korean company is continuing to steal its technology despite a recent court ruling.
The new claim was filed in San Jose, California on Friday and it says that Samsung, which last month was fined US$1.05 billion by an American court for "willfully" infringing Apple's patents, is still using its rival's technology.
"Despite that lawsuit, Samsung has continued to flood the market with copycat products," Apple said, adding four of Samsung's most recent releases -- including the flagship Galaxy S III smartphone -- to an earlier complaint filed in February.
"Apple will suffer and is suffering irreparable harm" because of the alleged infringement, said the maker of the iPhone and iPad.
The new US claim is the latest chapter in a long-running global patent war between the smartphone giants, which have accused each other of stealing intellectual property for their own products.