nsane.forums Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Apple's ongoing patent lawsuit against Samsung has caused a court to rule against Samsung and thus keep its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet from being sold in most of Europe. The Telegraph web site reports that the Regional Court of Dusseldorf in Germany has granted Apple its injunction against Samsung that will only allow its recently launched tablet product to be sold in the Netherlands. Samsung can appeal the court's decision, but until that appeal is heard the injunction stands, meaning that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 will have to be removed from store shelves in most of Europe. The article states that before the injunction was granted the tablet was the fastest selling device of its type since the launch of Apple's own iPad 2 in the UK. Apple filed a lawsuit against Samsung earlier this year saying that the company has violated Apple's patents on the design and the user interface for several of Samsung's products including the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet. Earlier in August that same patent debate kept Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.0 in Australia. So far Samsung has yet to comment on this latest court decision. The big question is whether or not Apple will attempt to bring the same kind of injunction against the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the US. The tablet started selling in US stores last June in 16 GB and 32 GB versions and more recently Verizon Wireless began selling versions of the tablet with its LTE-based 4G wireless service inside. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 9, 2011 Administrator Share Posted August 9, 2011 How low can Apple fall? -_-Yes it's business, but Apple seems scared of competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nsane.forums Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Apple Also Filed Suit Against Motorola Xoom in EuropeApple isn't just going after the Samsung Galaxy Tab in Europe, it's also attacking the Motorola Xoom. Apple's lawsuit, which was filed in Germany and led to Tuesday's injunction barring sales of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Europe, makes reference to a separate complaint against the Motorola Xoom. Patent expert Florian Mueller found the original lawsuit, filed in Dusseldorf, Germany, and pointed out the Motorola action. The reference in the suit says that Apple has also filed a complaint over the design of the Motorola Xoom, which runs the Android operating system. But it's unclear if Apple is seeking an injunction that would immediately prevent Motorola from importing the tablets into Europe. Motorola and Apple did not reply to requests for comment. Apple and Motorola are also battling it out in U.S. courts over their competing phones. They have sued each other in court and the U.S. International Trade Commission is investigating complaints made by both companies. While Apple dominates the tablet market and is the number-one individual vendor of smartphones, combined sales of Android phones surpass the iPhone. Apple is attacking Android via the tablet lawsuits and is also involved in legal action against other phone makers including HTC and Samsung. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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