Apple Claims Samsung Tablet, Phone Cases Infringe Patents

December 21, 2011, 8:33 AM EST (Updates with next hearing in tenth paragraph.) Dec. 20 (Bloomberg) — Apple Inc., which on Dec. 9 lost a bid to keep Samsung Electronics Co.’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet out of Australia, claims the case for the device and cases for Samsung phones infringe its patents and registered design. Apple …