The US International Trade Commission has banned a number of Samsung mobile devices from being imported to the USA.

It’s upheld a decision about two patents: one involved touch-screen technology and listed Apple founder Steve Jobs as one of the inventors, the other related to the way an audio socket detected the type of equipment that had been connected. Four other claims were rejected by the US ITC.

The Motorola Moto X smartphone opens this week's show, despite not having a European release... but there's plenty of other UK news.

We talk about O2's plans to launch 4G mobile services later this month, we look at the ASA's ruling against EE, we contemplate the government's plans to eliminate some mobile 'black spots', we wonder when Android's market share will start to shrink - and we discuss many other mobile telecom stories as well.

The Office of the United States Trade Representative, which is part of the Executive Office of the President of the USA, has overruled a legal decision made in June by the US International Trade Commission.

It means that older versions of the Apple iPhone and iPad will remain on sale in the United States and will not be banned.

US-based telecoms giant AT&T has agreed to provide ‘pay as you go’ mobile phone operator Leap Wireless International.

It’s paying $15 per share, valuing the deal at around $1.2 billion £793 million).

The US District Court for the Southern District of New York has ruled that Apple conspired with book publishers to raise the price of eBooks.

All the publishers involved - Hachette, HarperCollins, Macmillan, Penguin and Simon & Schuster - agreed multi-million dollar deals to settle charges when the US Department of Justice raised its initial complaint.