Samsung to appeal EU Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban on August 25th

By on Aug 12, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Legal August 12, 2011

Samsung will appeal a recent ruling by The Regional Court of Düsseldorf in Germany that bars the South Korean tablet maker from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 device in the whole of the European Union except for the Netherlands, The Wall Street Journal said on Friday. The appeal court date is set for August 25th. Samsung could face fines of up to $350,000 per unit if it continues to sell the device in the European Union. On August 1st, Apple also blocked Samsung from selling its tablet in Australia until courts rule whether or not the device infringes on 10 of Apple’s patents. Apple has a similar case open in the United States in which it has accused Samsung of creating copycat devices of its iPhone and iPad. “Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple’s technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products,” the complaint said.

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  • Anonymous

    Samsung should have been allowed to defend themselves before this ban was arbitrarily put in place! Your honor, we know we are using a stolen OS from oracle, we know we are using a stolen design from Apple, we know we are using a stolen UI from apple, but we are …..uhhh. Weeeee should be allowed to sell uhhhhh because…. What ….is copying?…..Ummmmm awwwwwww fuck it. Your honor we plead guilty.  true story™©®

    • Smart Guest

      I still dont understand what the “stolen design” Implies… a rectangular shape? just don’t get it… 

      • Anonymous

        Are u a samsung lawyer practicing your defense? That is the exact story they will tell the judge.  true story™©®

      • Smart Guest

        And the judge wont be able to tell me whats stolen either, just like you. Right?

      • Anonymous

        I think apple has made their case. If you are too lazy to read up and make an informed opinion then maybe you should not comment. I happen to agree with apple others agree with samsung. How can they settle this dispute? Amazingly there is a legal process that allows for a resolution.  true story™©®

    • http://www.droiddoes.com/ Norm

      Samsung and DROID just exclaim “Apple needs to innovate” when they get caught stealing and fanDROIDS repeat.

    • Joe Butler

      This just in….Apple now owns the intellectual property for the “Rectangle” and the color “Black”.  Up to this point no device, item, or item from nature has ever possesed that shape.  Anything shaped like a rectangle must pay a royalty to Apple.  Hersey has already agreed to reshape their candybars to comply.  All items in the world whether manufactured or naturally occuring in nature cannot legally be black, only shades of grey.  Steve Jobs couldn’t be reached for comment as he was too busy monopolising the technology world with his army of puppy-eating patent troll lawyers.

      • Asherpat11

        Apple now own the word “I” (“because, you honour, everybody knows that Apple products are associated with the prefix “i”"), so ”me” am posting without usng the offending word, for fear of being sued. 

      • Anonymous

        Apple should sue Merriam-Webster for having an “i” in its dictionary.

      • Asherpat11

        Me am sorry, me’ve just not_ced that me have, _n my prev_ous response, me used a letter com_ng between “h” and “k” w_thout pay_ng royalty to Apple (wh_ch _s a protected trade mark, just to be sure). Me w_ll avo_d us_ng Apple’s (protected trade mark), cos Apple (protected trade mark) _s an underdog and needs to be protected from predatory compet_tors.

      • Anonymous

        This just in you’re a moron.

      • Anonymous

        Do you realize samsung halted their galaxy tab after Apple announced their product on march 11..the phone situation is kind of stupid on apple but they even made it public to hold back on the launch of the tab after the iPad 2 was launched..there is no denying they copied the iPad 2..but for the rest of the phones…no soo much

      • Anonymous

        Do you realize you are spreading a BS? Apparently you think that Samsung halting original version of Tab 10.1 infringes on Apple patents.

    • Anonymous

      Lol. I hate ur guts Scroat but yes samsung is guilty here. I was in best buy the other day when I picked up what I thought was an iPad. Took me a few seconds even after I started to play with it. The icons even look the same. Truer story

      • Smart Guest

        The other day I picked up a red iPad that had 2 knobs on it.  Turns out it was an etch-a-sketch. I think Apple stole the rectangular design from them.  Really confusing.

      • Anonymous

        My bad. Meant to say that I picked up a galaxy 10.1 it really does resemble an iPad. Silver back, thin, icon arrangement, icon design. Separately I think it’s fine but when u add all the similarities together in one device it is MY opinion that samsung deliberately copied apples iPad. You may not think so but that is the beauty of America. U can have an opinion. Truer story ™©®

      • Smart Guest

        Isn’t the galaxy 10.1 thinner than the iPad?  gosh, maybe Samsung should be innovative and make a thick tablet. No ones done that yet right? 

      • Anonymous

        Do u understand that samsung made it public that it had to go back to the drawing board after iPad 2 was announced…they copied the jpad2…the asus transformer doesn’t feel nor look like it…either does the touchpad..nor acer…samsung copies designs

  • Anonymous

    Everything that has to do with intellectual property has to be completely reformed in today’s virtual age.

    I saw an interesting segment on the morning news today regarding Christian Louboutin shoes. For those uninitiated in fashion trends like me, he was the designer that first put red bottoms underneath high heels. He’s suing Yves Saint Laurent, another high end fashion company because they also are producing shoes with red bottoms.

    Louboutin’s argument (which should sound vaguely familiar to you), is that people associate the red bottom heels with his brand, and may get “confused” when purchasing from YSL.

    What I found interesting, was that in the context of fashion, the general feedback by all the people featured in this news segment, was that, yes, Louboutin may have first used red bottoms on heels, but A. you can’t (or perhaps shoudlnt?) trademark an aesthetic that’s not tied directly to a proprietary entity (like a logo) and B. the whole argument is based on the assumption that even the stupidest of people don’t realize that they’re walking into a YSL store, paying money for a shoe labeled “YSL”, packaged in a box that says “YSL”, placed in a bag lableled “YSL”, with an accompanying receipt that says “YSL”…. go home.. and go “oh shit, this ISNT REAL LOUBOUTIN??????!?!?!”. 

    If Apple wins any legal battle over the use of things like the size, shape, and color of a phone in a genre that’s all basically a slab of screen with a bezel and/or anything that has to deal with Samsung copying Apple’s UI aesthetic (which we all know they did, that’s not what’s being discussed here)… then by all accounts, Microsoft should be able to go back and place a permanent injunction on OS X halting all Mac sales for the use of a windowed OS interface. Better yet, Xerox should sue the pants off of Windows AND Mac AND linux, since they came up with the windowed UI.

    Palm shoud also sue all smartphones for developing a gridded icon layout first. 

    What Google said about patent trolls like Apple rings very true (albeit, obviously self serving), less suing, more innovating. It’s quickly becoming a cliche, but it doesn’t make the point any less relevant.

  • Anonymous

    Samsung Appeal: “Come on guysssss… really? . . . Come onnnnnn chill out… ya’ll actin crazy now…. just be easy”. . . 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Umairmuhammadalikhan-Umairkhan/100000724275502 Umairmuhammadalikhan Umairkhan

    Samsung=little whiny BITCH . TrueStory

    • Smart Guest

      You mean apple don’t you?

  • Brick ONeil

    Sour Apple, anyone? 

  • Anonymous

    If someone can patent a black rectangle, then out patent system is absurd.  Can you imagine if some TV maker patented the black bezel TV?Speaking of which, Samsung should make their tablet look just like one of their TVs from 2006 before the iPhone existed like the LN40A550.  In fact Samsung should sue apple for copying it’s black rectangle TV design. 

    • Asherpat11

      The patent system _s _ndeed absurd.  _t ex_sts solely to h_nder _nnovat_on by erect_ng barr_ers to entry to new players, _t’s an extent_on of the “gu_lds” pract_ce in med_eval Europe.

  • http://twitter.com/Translatethis27 Translatethis27

    Apple is a Patenttroll

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=680737654 Dennis Len Heggenstaller

    hey soccer moms! stop buying your stuckup brat of a kid an ipod and put them out business!

  • Anonymous

    i guess apple wants its royalties to be paid not in cash but in super amoled displays

  • Anonymous

    By the way, I just paîd $21.87 for an îPad 2-64GB and my boyfriend loves his Panasonîc Lumîx GF 1 Camera that we got for $38.76 there arriving tomorrow by UPS.I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 40 inch LED TV to my boss for $657 which only cost me $62.81 to buy.
    Here is the website we use to get it all from, http://BidsFirst.com

  • Super_xx1

    Apple and Steve Jobs are playing the role of a villain that wants to conquer the world and the “Galaxy”…. by force… or more precisely, by law suits.First implemented a dictatorship on their customers and now is the greedy search for leading the world market at any cost!It is incredible but, the flock of sheep inexplicably continues to increase… Fortunately, I’m a “black sheep”… ufff!

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