By Chloe Albanesius F

 Samsung this week failed in its bid to have Apple products pulled from the shelves in Japan.

As reported by Bloomberg, the Tokyo District Court found that Samsung had not made good faith efforts to negotiate patent licensing deals with Apple. Samsung also can't seek damages from Apple, Bloomberg said.

Samsung has had some success in Japan before, though. In Sept. 2011, Apple filed suit in Tokyo District Court, requesting a ban on Samsung Galaxy S smartphones and Galaxy Tab tablets. A month later, Samsung asked the same court to ban the iPhone 4, 4S, and iPad 2.

Samsung, meanwhile, made headlines this morning after patent blogger Florian Mueller said in a blog post that Samsung had hired a retired U.K. judge who was part of a decision that forced Apple to publicly declare that Samsung had not copied the design of the iPad with its Galaxy Tab tablets.

Samsung, however, said Sir Robin Jacob was hired to testify as a legal expert in a separate case. "Sir Robin Jacob is not a legal representative of Samsung Electronics," a Samsung spokeswoman said. "A highly reputed intellectual property expert and academic, Sir Robin has been contracted as an expert by a law firm that represents Samsung Electronics in its case against Ericsson."