Apple Blocks Sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Australia

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Apple Blocks Sale of Galaxy Tab 10.1 In Australia

Posted by timothy on Monday August 1, 2011 @05:09PM from the about-that-rent-we're-seeking dept.

lukehopewell1 writes "Apple has obtained an injunction from an Australian court effectively blocking the sale of the new Android Honeycomb-powered Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1v. Apple Australia claims that the unit infringes on 10 of the Cupertino, California-based company's patents including the slide to unlock functionality as well as the edge-bounce feature. Samsung will provide Apple Australia with three units for study in coming weeks to ascertain whether or not the Korean gadget maker did in fact infringe on Apple's patented intellectual property."

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Rule number one by Hognoxious · 2011-08-01 17:16 · Score: -1, Troll

No poofters!

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Just go away Apple! by therufus · 2011-08-01 17:28 · Score: 0, Troll

Apple haven't made a decent product in years, they can hardly be called innovators, they're just a marketing monster. And when someone does something vaguely distasteful to them, they sue them. Maybe Apple is just a branch of the Cult of $cientology.
The fact that Apple have such market share is proof that society is slowly getting dumber and dumber.

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1. Re:Just go away Apple! by Divebus · 2011-08-01 17:35 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  Maybe Apple is tired of everyone riding their coattails. What ...and everyone else thought of the form factor for these compelling phones and tablets first? Not one manufacturer has demonstrated an original thought beyond copying Apple with the exception of Microsoft. Sure, the knockoffs have some minutia as differentiators, but come up with something different if you can, knockoff manufacturers.
  
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...and...? by RyuuzakiTetsuya · 2011-08-01 17:45 · Score: -1, Troll

Between the wholesale theft of the UI and the whole "Smart Case" incident, I think Apple's got a reasonable claim here.
Yes, patents bad, boo hoo. When you're a small independent startup, sure, let's talk about how crappy patents are. When you're a billion dollar a year mega corporation, pay the damn licensing fees.

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1. Re:...and...? by bennomatic · 2011-08-01 18:09 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  I love it how ACs come in here and try to re-write history.
  
  Seriously, the volume of venom and vitriol whenever Apple does ANYTHING is ridiculous. There are a dozen handset and tablet makers whom Apple is not suing for anything, and their actions haven't stopped a bazillion Android activations per day. They're clearly not stifling competition.
  
  This business seems like dancing in a mosh pit, and Apple's right in the middle. There's a lot of incidental contact, and Apple's not doing anything because they don't have any basis, and they're bumping some other guys pretty good themselves. But if you've ever been in a mosh pit and seen that one asshole who keeps throwing an elbow whenever you go by him... that's what Apple thinks of Samsung. Of course they're going to try to jump them in the parking lot.
  
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Re:Looks like Apple is starting to feel threatened by The+Dawn+Of+Time · 2011-08-01 17:59 · Score: -1, Troll

Yeah, that's Apple being scared. It's definitely not your wishful thinking projecting emotions onto a business decision.
Re:Sounds like it's the one to buy then by node+3 · 2011-08-01 18:00 · Score: -1, Troll

If you can't do better then sue better.
"Can't do better"? That's what Samsung is accused with, not Apple.
Samsung copies Apple, Apple brings on litigation, and Slashdot cries, "hey Apple, why can't you do better?" WTF?