German court lifts EU ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1

By on Aug 16, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Breaking August 16, 2011

The Düsseldorf regional court in Germany announced on Tuesday that it is partially lifting its original injunction that banned Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in all of the European Union except for the Netherlands. Samsung is now allowed to sell the tablet in the whole of the European Union except for Germany. According to The Wall Street Journal, a court spokesperson said that it was unclear if it was even possible for the German court to stop Samsung from selling its tablet outside of Germany. Despite the ruling, which allows Samsung Electronics to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in most of Europe, Samsung’s German arm still cannot sell the tablet in Germany or anywhere in the European Union. Samsung is presumably still scheduled to appeal the ban on August 25th. Apple also recently blocked Samsung from selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia until a court there rules whether or not the tablet is infringing on 10 of Apple’s patents. On Monday, reports surfaced suggesting that Apple has doctored its evidence in is patent case about Samsung, although the legitimacy of those claims remains unclear.

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  • Anonymous

    Its all downhill for Apple from here on out…..

    • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_R6KRD7JYMZVFNB4LFHUEOVVLF4 Larry Berger

      I got an iPad 2 32-GB for $21.68 and my girlfriend loves her Panasonic Lumix 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 . Here is the site we use to get it al from, http://to.ly/aXce

    • http://www.absolutefiction.com Jed Tylman

      Even more: it’s going to snowball.
      The worse is yet to come.
      What’s that thing they say about the injured wolf?…

  • serpentor

    Did anyone look at Apple’s complaint in Australia for photoshop shenanigans?

    I wouldn’t be surprised.

  • sirpaul

    Apple going to have to pay damages!

  • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

    Apple, the next ENRON

    • http://www.absolutefiction.com Jed Tylman

      As much as I don’t like those zealots, I’d had to see Apple disappear. Like it or not, they drive innovation. Well, at least they did up to about a year ago. Now, with Stevo on leave, the company seem to have turned to ****.

  • serpentor

    “a court spokesperson said that it was unclear if it was even possible for the German court to stop Samsung from selling its tablet outside of Germany”

    Let me guess – it was Apple that told the court a ban would cover all of Europe. Sneaky bastards.

  • Anonymous

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    When a fanboy asks APPLE why does their iphone cost so much? Apple replies because of “R&D”

    APPLES definition of R&D is…. “R”esearching companies to sue and paying for “D”amanges.

    So who is the fucking idiot here? us android fans or you stupid apple fans that pay for all this bullshit.

    TRUE STORY!!!!!

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      • Anonymous

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      • Joe Butler

        You’re certainly the pride of Steve Jobs branded steer.  Apples case was nonsense to begin with, in attempting to patent the black rectangle, but they’ve been caught red-handed photoshopping evidence to make the Galaxy appear more like an ipad.  As much as a fanboy as you are, surely even you can’t be so blind and stubborn as to ignore Apples flagrant, unethical, and illegal doctoring of evidence in a court case.

      • Anonymous

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    • Anonymous

      Fuck you fucking fandroid… Go cry to fucking echo chamber known as droid-life.. Fucking Android fanboys are become worse than the  ones. 

      • Anonymous

        Rage?

      • KCRic

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    • Anonymous

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  • Anonymous

    I just got an iPhone 4 for $ 24. 53 and my girlfriend loves her Dell laptop that we got for $ 35.46 there arriving tomorrow by UPS I will never pay such expensive retail prices in stores again. Especially when I also sold a 42 inch LED TV to my boss for $ 655 which only cost me $ 61.79 to buy.Here is the website we use to get it all from, GrabРenny.com

    • http://twitter.com/GRZLA Grizzly Atoms

      James James James, your girlfriend is to say the very least a jezebel for gadgets. You aren’t the first, and sadly you won’t be the last. We are here for your James!

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  • Anonymous

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      But when?

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      • Booboolala2000

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      • Anonymous

        Thank god.. I can’t wait till the mandatory dress of Black Turtle necks, new Balance and Blue Jeans go into effect. These skinny jean wearing teenagers have been making me sick. I already met my quota of  to buy for the year… Hope they won’t raise my quota when they take over…

    • Anonymous

      They already do.

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_TNFAP4QNA2QKV4UI3VHOMCPVHE Dan Higgins

    I just paìd $22.85 for an ìPad 2-64GB and my girlfriend loves her Canon EOS Rebel Camera that we got for $38.78 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 $625 which only cost me $62.81 to buy. Here is the website we use to get it all from, CentHub.còm

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      Mmmm, taste like spam!

  • deluxe

    Good to hear especially since apple has possible doctored evidence, and it would not surprise me if they indeed did

  • n00btastic

    In other news.  Chocolate sues Vanilla for patent infringement.  The patent in question is for “A creamy and cold delivery of sugary satisfaction.”  Courts all over the world rule in favor of Chocolate.  Vanilla contends that they are distinctly different.  Judge notices that his vanilla ice cream evidence is covered in hot fudge.

  • Anonymous

    That’s awesome news. Now consumers can have the pleasure of buying one and then returning it the next day.

  • Larryjames7161988

    BLEH! This is just BLEH!

  • Anonymous

    THAT’S RIGHT APPLE you can’t BANNED Samsung everywhere. Europe got Samsung back

  • http://twitter.com/eb349049 Moroon

    I’m really tired that the Apple world seems always the victim….stop
    Just !….. Android is the hope for a really different way of thinking about computing, because Android could make the miracle that there has not been for Linux.
    Combine all the dialects of the same language in a unique world speaker !.

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