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German Court Upholds Ban On Samsung Galaxy Tab

Posted by Soulskill on from the win-some-lose-some dept.

With his first posted submission, ctusch writes "It seems Samsung has finally lost the battle against Apple in Germany. Today the district court in Düsseldorf ruled that Samsung must not sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany. Furthermore, it has banned Samsung Germany from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 anywhere in Europe."

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  1. Can anyone tell me... by recoiledsnake · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Can anyone tell me why this isn't prior art?

    http://techcrunch.com/2009/07/04/crunchpad-prototype-coming-this-month-be-available-asap/
    http://techcrunch.com/2008/07/21/we-want-a-dead-simple-web-tablet-help-us-build-it/

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    1. Re:Can anyone tell me... by Telvin_3d · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Because, despite many misleading headlines and voluminous nerdrage, this has never been about tablets in general. Apple didn't sue Samsung for making a tablet. Apple sued Samsung for making a tablet with some very specific features and designs that they claimed were stolen from protected Apple designs. After looking at the case, the courts have agreed that those very specific features were indeed used improperly.

      But all the headlines are "Apple claims they own all tablets" and then we get posts like yours.

  2. Re:"Minimalistic Design" by toriver · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Nike "swoosh" is also a "minimalist design". Yet if I make a logo that looks almost the same, except I put a pink dot in the middle of mine, Nike are still going to haul my ass to court.

  3. Re:Apple by SerpentMage · · Score: 2, Insightful

    I have an Acer Iconia tablet and my wife has the early Samsung 7" tablets. The reality is that the Samsung tablets are a ripoff of the Apple tablets. Look at the ports, Oh wait there are none (unlike most Android tablets). What about the connector? Oh wait it looks just like the Apple (even though most android tablets are not like that). The reality is that Samsung is ripping off the design of Apple...

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  4. Re:Apple by kelemvor4 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Except that the real reality is that Apple ripped off the design of many tablets that came before it.... Damn those pesky facts, they always get in the way of a good argument!