The Korean company said it filed on Monday for preliminary injunctions in the Tokyo District Court and in the New South Wales Registry, Australia, to stop the sale of iPhone 4S smartphones in both countries. Samsung also asked the Japanese court to stop the sale of Apple's iPhone 4 and iPad 2 devices.
The filing in Japan cites infringements in technology and user interface patents, while in Australia Samsung cited patents related to wireless telecommunications standards.
The fresh legal action comes after key rulings in the sprawling legal dispute went against Samsung last week, and shows how critical the smartphone and tablet PC business has become to Samsung. The Korean giant is widely expected to have overtaken Apple in global smartphone sales in the third quarter.
"We are now counterattacking Apple again," said James Chung, a spokesman at Samsung Electronics.
Last Thursday, Apple won a victory in its global patent battle with Samsung when a judge in Australia issued a temporary injunction blocking the South Korean company from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet computer there—though Friday the judge rejected Apple's attempt to broaden the judgment so as to restrict Samsung's launching of new tablets and require it to give Apple advance notice of new products.
Also Friday, a Dutch court ruled against Samsung's claim that Apple violated its third-generation mobile network technology patents and rejected its call for a ban on Apple's products in the Netherlands.
The legal dispute started in April when Apple accused Samsung of copying key design elements in smartphones and tablets.
Samsung is also seeking to block sales of the iPhone 4S in Italy and France in separate legal action. The device went on sale in many markets last week.
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