Fresh Setback for Samsung as Oz Court Bans Galaxy Tab 10.1
Fresh Setback for Samsung as Oz Court Bans Galaxy Tab 10.1
Posted 10/12/2011 at 11:31pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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The patent battle between Apple and Samsung rages on around the world. Just as Samsung announced that it was going to begin selling modified smartphones in Netherlands in order to avoid a sales ban there, it suffered yet another setback, this time in Australia. Details await you after the jump.
An Australian court has granted Apple’s request for a temporary injunction on the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1. The Korean company will not be able to sell the tablet down under until a final decision is reached in the patent infringement case filed by Apple.
Earlier this month, Samsung had approached the Cupertino-based company with an offer of an armistice down under, but the latter refused: "It is one we don't accept and there is no surprise. The main reason we are here is to prevent the launch and maintain the status quo.”
Hostilities resume tomorrow and it’s going to be a big day. Tomorrow, Samsung will come to know whether it will be allowed to sell a modified version (sans the disputed features) of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. If Samsung’s request to sell a modified version is also rejected, it’s possible that the tablet might never hit Australian stores.
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Goolashe
October 15, 2011 at 9:24pm
Despite the loss of Steve Jobs, I must say this:
Fuck you Apple.
keyzs
October 15, 2011 at 7:55am
pride comes before a fall....
soon the half eaten fruit will be totally eaten and its rotten core disposed off!! when one goes around the world making enemies, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend" shall be proven true and true.
crc32
October 13, 2011 at 2:01am
They must feel this is the first real threat to them. At any rate, I'm sick of all of this, and ready to end patent law.
warptek2010
October 13, 2011 at 5:04pm
Normally, I would go onboard with you and say yes, at least in the USA. But what are you gonna do about all the other countries with even whackier patent laws than us?
Cleaver
October 13, 2011 at 2:17am
I'm inclined to agree.
Apple for some reason feels a need to put a leash on something that will probably not do a lot of harm to their business. The Xoom didn't review particularly well and doesn't have a wide fanbase made up of shallow people ecouraging all of their shallow friends to pick it up.
Aaaanyway: Apple needs to find some other job security for their lawyers.
Eoraptor
October 13, 2011 at 7:59pm
What they're worried about is what's already happening to their iPhone: IE, it is rappedly being overtaken by dozens of less expensive android, WP7, and other devices that are more open and flexible. While the big fruit may trumpet long and loud about having the most market share, the truth is, there are already more android devices out there than iOS devices. The only reason they say they have the market cornered is because they are the only ones who make iOS devices. It's like saying that that you sell the most Ford's cause only you build Fords.
And with a wave of Android tablets already waiting in the wings, and cheapo tablets already on the market in India and south east Asia, Apple is terrified of losing Tablet dominance like they're losing Phone dominance. People are starting to get tired of Apple's walled garden approach and cadilac pricing, and the sales numbers prove it.
Engelsstaub
October 13, 2011 at 1:58am
I have to be honest: I wish Apple's law-dogs would just stop this crap. The Samsung is an iPad wannabe for sure, but it's really no more of a competitive threat than the Zune was to the iPod.
I don't know why they only bother Samsung. There is a dozen other tablets out there that are probably doing the "me-too" thing almost as well.
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