Apple Faces Temporary iPhone, iPad Ban In Germany

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Apple Faces Temporary iPhone, iPad Ban In Germany

Posted by samzenpus on Monday November 7, 2011 @01:50AM from the das-ist-verboten dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A regional court has temporarily banned Apple from marketing or supplying iPhones and iPads in Germany, following a suit brought about by Motorola. However, Apple said that the judgement 'does not affect our ability to do business or sell products in Germany at this time.' This may have something to do with the respondent in the case being Apple Inc, the US parent company, and not Apple GmbH, the company's local subsidiary."

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Google's proxy wars by nepka · 2011-11-07 01:54 · Score: -1, Troll

So much for Google's do no evil. At the same time while they're talking how patents are bad, they use their proxy companies to attack competitors. They get what they want and Google keeps it white clean image.
1. Re:Google's proxy wars by nepka · 2011-11-07 02:00 · Score: -1, Troll
  
  Ah, the "but mooom, he started it!". I get it.
Re:And this is a bad thing? by Anonymous Coward · 2011-11-07 01:55 · Score: 0, Troll

Indeed. We should totally let you make purchasing decisions for other people. They just don't know any better!
The story is false... by dev345 · 2011-11-07 01:55 · Score: -1, Troll

This is not a court decision. Its only an initial decision that this subject is allowed to be discussed in court.
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The story is false.. by dev355 · 2011-11-07 02:00 · Score: -1, Troll

This is not a court decision. Its only an initial decision that this subject is allowed to be discussed in court. Read morehere
The story is false by dev356 · 2011-11-07 02:02 · Score: -1, Troll

This is not a court decision. Its only an initial decision that this subject is allowed to be discussed in court.
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Misleading title by dev357 · 2011-11-07 02:06 · Score: -1, Troll

This is not a court decision. Its only an initial decision that this subject is allowed to be discussed in court.
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Misleading title by dev359 · 2011-11-07 02:13 · Score: -1, Troll

This is not a court decision. Its only an initial decision that this subject is allowed to be discussed in court.
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Misleading title by dev361 · 2011-11-07 02:18 · Score: -1, Troll

This is not a court decision. Its only an initial decision that this subject is allowed to be discussed in court.
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