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Apple Loses German Court Bid To Ban Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1N, Nexus Phone

Posted by samzenpus on from the and-the-hits-keep-coming dept.

chrb writes "Apple has failed to get a patent ban on Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1N and the Nexus phone in Germany. Presiding Judge Andreas Mueller stated, 'Samsung has shown that it is more likely than not that the patent will be revoked because of a technology that was already on the market before the intellectual property had been filed for protection.' The patent in question covered list scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display. This news follows the recent Appeals court ruling that upheld the original Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban."

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  1. Re:The only advantage iPhone users have over Andro by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    This is one of those "What have the Romans ever done for us questions" Well there's iBooks of course. And iTunes. And a much better ecosystem generally.
    Ok but apart from that
    Well there's regular OS updates. And no malware.
    Ok, but apart from that
    No fragmentation
    Ok but..
    Siri

    Basically the choice is an emotional one, not a logical one. It comes down to whether you value hardware features/tinkering or content/UI/general slickness more. Me, those days I *much* prefer the latter, but then I'm quite old by geek standards. 20 years ago I'd probably have preferred a phone I could tinker with more for one that just does what I want. But hen I ran feeBSD as my desktop OS for a while, and I wouldn't do that now either...

    Android is a copycat OS. To pretend otherwise is stupid. Equally, whilst I can see why Apple might be pissed that one of their main clients has ripped off their designs and sold them as their own, I don't think a patent war really helps anyone. Time to settle on sums of money and move on, I reckon.