By Jung-Ah Lee

SEOUL--Apple Inc. (AAPL) has filed a lawsuit in a U.S. court seeking a sales ban on Samsung Electronics' (005930.SE) latest smartphone on patent infringement, but the Korean electronics giant said Thursday that the launch and sales of its new handset device will proceed as planned.

"Samsung believes Apple's request is without merit. We will vigorously oppose the request," Samsung said in a statement.

Samsung said it plans to launch the new Galaxy S smartphone in the U.S. later this month.

Write to Jung-Ah Lee at jung-ah.lee@dowjones.com

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