The battle between Apple and Samsung has moved to another level. In court documents filed this week, the Korean tech giant seeks the total removal of some Apple products from U.S. stores, according to The Wall Street Journal.

In a striking, but perhaps temporary blow, a U.S. Circuit Court judge has denied Samsung’s request to see Apple’s unannounced future iPhone and iPad models calling the request overreaching. The 11-page order came from Judge Lucy Koh late Tuesday, according to Apple Insider.

A recent investigation by Bernstein Research has made an interesting discovery: According to the investigation, consumers choose tablets based on how similar they are to Apple's iPad - a device that dominates (and will likely continue to dominate) the tablet market.

The fight between Apple and Samsung is getting nastier and this time the bullets are coming from Cupertino, California. Apple now says Samsung products “blatantly imitate” the iPhone and iPad’s appearance. This comes ahead of a Friday court hearing between the two, according to Cult of Mac.

By the end of June, Samsung and Apple will leapfrog Nokia to become the world's No. 1 and No. 2 smart phone maker, respectively. This estimation comes from Japanese research firm Nomura and was first reported by 9 To 5 Mac.

In an article that recently hit the Web, one Wall Street observer has offered a piece of free advise to Samsung, Motorola, RIM and other iPad-competing tablet-makers. The advice, in short, involves reducing prices - because according to the observer (Numura Securities analyst Richard Windsor), iPad-competing tablets "have to be cheap."

A new TV advertisement for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 takes note of the tablet's support for Flash content, and compares this with the iPad's lack of support.

A new video has hit the Web, outlining a "drop test comparison" between an iPad 2, Motorola Xoom and Samsung Galaxy Tab.

Just days after a report surfaced that Apple would begin using Samsung’s AMOLED technology for the iPad 3, a new report refutes that claim. Samsung doesn’t have the capacity to manufacturer screens for the iPad 3, according to OLED-display.net.

The iPad 3 may adopt Samsung’s AMOLED display technology, according to a report in The Korean Herald. This assessment came following a recent visit by Apple COO Tim Cook to South Korea.

Samsung is planning on previewing a new 10.1 inch display, which features a resolution of 2560 x 1600 (300dpi), at the SID Display Week 2011 International Symposium next week.

Just one month after Apple sued South Korean-based Samsung Electronics Co., claiming the electronics giant copied the look and feel of its iDevices, we now have proof by way of a series of photos of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 “Limited Edition.” What do you think?

Many would-be iPad 2 buyers are still trying to find a place to buy their tablets, but that hasn’t stopped the quiet flow of iPad 3 rumors. The latest comes from South Korean web portal Daum, which suggests the next iPad will come with a 2Ghz dual-core Samsung-CPU.