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Apple Tells Retailers To Stop Selling Certain Samsung Devices

Posted by Soulskill on from the getting-a-bit-ahead-of-ourselves dept.

walterbyrd writes with news that Apple has been sending out letters to carriers and retailers who sell the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the Galaxy Nexus, informing them of a court-mandated ban on sales and warning them against continuing to market the devices. The court order for the patent case on the Galaxy Tab says Samsung and "those acting in concert" with them are enjoined from selling the devices, and Apple has used the letters to point this out. Samsung, of course, disagrees: "Apple’s menacing letters greatly overreach, incorrectly claiming that third-party retailers are subject to the prohibitions of the preliminary injunction, which they clearly are not."

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  1. Thanks Apple by Kangburra · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you hadn't made such a fuss about the Samsung Tabs they would not be so popular today, Here in Australia they are very hard to find, you have to pre-order it while the ipads sit in the shops. I am not suggesting that they are outselling the ipad, but there is a real demand which, in part, has been created by the market leader. What a weird world we are in today!

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    1. Re:Thanks Apple by firex726 · · Score: 4, Interesting

      Yep, Streisand effect, thanks to Apple I have been hearing more news of Google's offerings then I have Apple's.

  2. Re:Weird... by betterunixthanunix · · Score: 1, Interesting

    What innovation? Neither Apple nor Samsung sell innovative products...

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  3. Re:Pretty Soon... by kelarius · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Except there is no injunction against the Nexus, just the Tab 10.1 (the old version noone sells anymore). The Nexus was cleared for US sale last week. This is not only overreaching but blatantly fraudulent. Samsung needs to get their lawyers warmed up.

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  4. Re:Pretty Soon... by Runaway1956 · · Score: 1, Interesting

    Who gives a rat's ass? I may go looking for a Samsung. Screw Apple, and screw the judges too. Whatever happened to the concept of free market?

    Oooops, my bad. The market is only free if the rich sumbitches agree to make it free.

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  5. Remember when... by lilfields · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Hey guys, remember when some of you thought Apple was the good guys? That was real cute, you guys. When do we get an Apple borg icon?