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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:People must be copying.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps you missed the ".1", that's a pretty innovative bit at the end there.

  2. Re:People must be blind.. by scsirob · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apple: "Look! I made a rectangle with rounded corners!"
    Samsung: "So did I. And millions before you..."
    Apple: "But... But... That is MY rectangle!! We spent YEARS coming up with that idea!"

    Innovation my rect.....

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    To Terminate, or not to Terminate, that's the question - SCSIROB
  3. Re:People must be blind.. by andydread · · Score: 4, Funny

    Oh right. So when fans copy from artists its OK oh wait....

  4. Re:That judge is an Obama appointee by ozmanjusri · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'm really tire of tweedle dee vs tweedle dum choices for presidential elections.

    You're lucky.

    Over in Australia, our elections are normally between Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dumber.

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    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
  5. Re:People must be blind.. by Dog-Cow · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...for cleaning porpoises.

    I am speechless.