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U.S. Judge Grants Apple Injunction Against Samsung Galaxy Tab

Posted by Soulskill on from the too-pad-roddenberry-never-patented-the-padd dept.

Bill Dimm writes "Apple scores a win against Samsung over a design patent. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh issued a ruling granting Apple's request for a preliminary injunction preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the United States. She wrote, 'Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly by flooding the market with infringing products. ... While Samsung will certainly suffer lost sales from the issuance of an injunction, the hardship to Apple of having to directly compete with Samsung’s infringing products outweighs Samsung’s harm in light of the previous findings by the Court."

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  1. Re:Does it really matter by gnasher719 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    But of course what really happened is rather inconvenient for Apple fans' theory that the Galaxy Tab's design must be a ripoff of the iPad, instead of taking its design cues from another Samsung product [engadget.com]. So that last sentence gets cut out from their retelling of the story, thus creating an alternate reality which better fits their predetermined view.

    Why do Samsung fans never show a picture of that photo frame from the side, or from the back? Because the photo from from any other angle does look nothing like an iPad, and if Samsung used the design of their photo frame for their tablet, Apple's lawyer's wouldn't sue, but they would die laughing.

  2. Re:I don't need a tablet by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Really? Samsung...more like Samsuck, I wouldn't by any POS Korean crap.