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Apple, Samsung each get a win

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple and Samsung, the world’s top two smartphone makers, each scored a significant victory on different continents that will allow both to keep selling their products without legal interference this holiday season.

A federal judge in San Jose late Monday rejected Apple Inc.’s demands to block US sales of three smartphones made by Samsung Electronics Corp. The ruling came weeks after a jury found that Samsung infringed six Apple patents.

Hours later, Samsung announced it was dropping its demands that several European countries prohibit sales of Apple smartphones that Samsung claims infringe its patents.

Despite the developments, the two companies remain locked in legal battles around the globe. But taken together, the moves on Monday could hint at a global settlement between the two tech giants that account for more than half of all smartphone sales worldwide, legal experts and technology analysts said.

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‘‘I think we have seen some moves in that direction,’’ said University of Notre Dame law school professor Mark McKenna.