Apple seeks preliminary injunction to halt sale of four Samsung devices

By on Jul 4, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Legal July 4, 2011

Apple on Friday asked the U.S District Court in San Jose to issue a preliminary injunction that would halt the sale of four Samsung devices in the U.S. In its filing, Apple has asked the court to halt U.S. sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1, Infuse 4G, DROID Charge and Nexus S 4G, alleging that the devices copy Apple’s mobile products and make use of its patents and intellectual property without authorization. Specifically, Apple claims the devices collectively infringe on three of its design patents and one utility patent. “The message that Samsung conveys to consumers with its imitative smartphone design is simple: ‘It’s just like an iPhone.’ Samsung’s Galaxy 10.1 tablet sends a similar message: ‘It’s just like an iPad,’” Apple wrote in the filing. ” With the benefit of those messages, Samsung is seeking to take market share by trading off of the popularity of Apple’s products.” The move by Apple is the latest in a series of patent-related complaints Apple and Samsung have filed against each other in the U.S. and abroad over.

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  • http://www.facebook.com/amartincolby Aaron Martin-Colby

    I hate this because in today’s business environment, when you can’t compete, you sue. This kind of behavior indicates to me that Apple doesn’t think it can compete on the level that it previously did.

    Moreover, the patents that they’ve added are just unbelievably stupid. A design patent on… lists that scroll. Really? That deserves a patent? My god, the patent system is fucked.

    And the others are design patents. Is Samsung inspired by Apple, maybe even copying them, probably. But do these things pass “the idiot in a hurry” test? I.e., would anyone ever mistake these products as Apple products? In my opinion, they pass this test just fine. I would never be confused, and being “just like an iPad” is very different from saying it IS an iPad.

    While in a world of common sense, these arguments would be laughed out of the courtroom, in today’s patent and copyright thicket, this kind of shit might actually fly. It’s very depressing.

  • Anonymous

    The lawyers are having a BIG party. 

  • FT

    That’s so Korean, its not even funny!

  • Guest

    Sounds like Apple is threatened by the exact product they are “complaining” about.  LOL

  • Zenndaoc

    Oh Apple… how far have you fallen… smell of desperation…

  • Anonymous

    A few hundred fanboys on both sides doing nothing but bla bla this is better, bla bla that is better.

    It’s business. If you build product X and you get supplier Y to build parts for it, you draw up documents that state that they cannot copy the design.  If supplier Y does take the the designs and puts them into their own product to sell as a competitor, then this is an infringement of the legal documents.

    Let the lawyers handle it, instead of whining about upgrade, android, iOS, owwie my panties are in a bunch.

    You bet your butt that if the shoes were on the other feet, the same exact thing would happen the other way around.  It’s business and it’s how it’s always been and always will be.  No matter what the product, company or cost.

  • http://twitter.com/bankyy Bankyy

    Apple really scared of the Galaxy S 2 eh?

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_ZX7I3VN423YBFEWTEQOQ5JR5ME Retro

    Well now I know which 4 devices to look at instead of buying an iPhone

  • http://twitter.com/kaydpea chris moore

    you mean apple is pissed off that somebody has taken their existing technology, and done something better with it.. in other words, samsung didn’t invent anything, they just took something that already existed and improved upon…wait oh irony, you clever girl

  • Azrael

    Interesting that Apple is taking Samsung to court. As I recall, Microsoft has copy ideas from Apple and they did nothing.  I guess, Apple is just like Microsoft in these aspect.  Make great products at ridiculous prices and then tie up the court system when another company creates something more accessable to the masses.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_O7DXHH4LLFAJWSM2UVYXT7G2UQ Tommy Terry

    I paid $32.67 for a XBOX 360 and my mom got a 17 inch Toshiba laptop for $94.83 being delivered to our house tomorrow by FedEX. I will never again pay expensive retail prices at stores. I even sold a 46 inch HDTV to my boss for $650 and it only cost me $52.78 to get. Here is the website we using to get all this stuff, LiveCent.com

  • RaptorOO7

    It’s funny to be called an Apple hater, I have a lot of Apple products, but that doesn’t change my view point.

  • weddi_eddy

    Aww Muffins…  Samsung made it better, stronger, thinner than Apple and they feel 2nd rate… Tsk Tsk Tsk

  • http://twitter.com/Kevniv Kevin N

    Chevy to Ford: Stop building cars! they have four wheels like ours!

  • http://twitter.com/Kevniv Kevin N

    Kind of like Apple ripping off Android notifications? Apple can steal from Android but when Apple does it they say its magical! 

  • Anonymous

    I beg to differ, none of these Samsung products resemble in any way Apple devices as, they do not bleed nor can they be used as tAmpons.

    For real.™®©•π

  • Artman540

    Its like nike sueing reebok because their shoes look like shoes….

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