Samsung May Ditch Australian Galaxy Tab If Apple-Spurred Sales Injunction Isn't Lifted
Samsung May Ditch Australian Galaxy Tab If Apple-Spurred Sales Injunction Isn't Lifted
Posted 10/04/2011 at 10:36am
| by Brad Chacos
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While we’re talking patent trolling, let’s talk about the global Apple-Samsung battle. Apple has been suing Samsung in courts around the world, claiming that the design of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 rips Apple’s patented design of the iPad, which consists of, um, a rectangle with a screen on one face. How they got a patent for that is beyond us, but that template has prompted judges in Australia and other countries to block sales of the Galaxy Tab until the case is decided. Samsung’s getting pretty fed up with it all, and it today, it threatened to withdraw from Australia altogether if the injunction wasn’t lifted soon.
Apple has already delayed the Australian launch of the Galaxy Tab by more than two months, Bloomberg reports. Today, Samsung lawyer Neil Young told Federal Court Justice Annabelle Bennett that the company could be forced to ditch its plans to bring the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from the Australian market if the ban on sales wasn’t lifted ASAP. If courtroom wrangling caused the Tab to miss the Christmas rush, Young said the tablet would be “Dead” in that country and implied that it wouldn’t even be worth launching there.
Of course, Apple would love if one of the best-reviewed Android tablets missed out on holiday sales. They’ve already turned down Samsung’s request to fast-track the case. In the meantime, check out Apple’s design patent and ask yourself if there is any tablet on the market that doesn’t infringe on the ridiculous blueprint.
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majeedbelle
October 05, 2011 at 9:52am
This is yet another example of how a lot of the systems in the U.S are broken and corrupt. I'm sorry but no matter how you try to spin this, there is no way that this particular patent should have been award. Apple isn't the only company guilty of taking advantage of our pathetic system either. They just happen to be the most boistrous right now. This is so sad.
Engelsstaub
October 04, 2011 at 11:04pm
Are you sure the suit involves the Samsung being "a rectangle with a screen on one face?" (Can the side, of either tablet, without the screen be defined as a face??) I'd really like to hear what the courts say.
FWIW I do think that Apple's crack team of lawyers are being ridiculous. None of these other "me too!" tablets even threaten their marketshare.
Which brings me to this point: when MS sues and/or extorts Google and makers of Unix-based open-source OSes, where's MPC's snarky remarks and indignation when reporting on that?
The Linux community: there is some good people you noble crusaders could be sticking up for. (I think they more than qualify as "Maximum PC.") My belief is you can not. Not because you're too preoccupied with your crusade against Evil Empire Apple, you're just hypocritically unquestioning fanbois of the other empire.
Morete
October 04, 2011 at 1:31pm
Why does everything need to have a black bezel around it with a button on the bottom? There must be a better way! :(
JCGPZ9
October 04, 2011 at 6:10pm
umm... that bezel is where you're supposed to grip the thing without interfering with the functions. many devices have had the home button on the bottom of the screen for ages while the top buttons are usually for power and other stuff.
clubfoot
October 04, 2011 at 12:02pm
Samsung makes the hardware for the Apple tablet,...how can they allow Apple to stop Samsung from using hardware they manufacture,...that runs a completely different OS?!
Incredible!
Supall
October 04, 2011 at 11:08am
I wasn't aware you could patent how something looks without patenting how it works. I mean, it'd be the same as patenting the wheel.
Biceps
October 04, 2011 at 1:53pm
I did patent the wheel, right after I patented breathing. Unfortunately, both patents were rejected, because Apple had already filed both.
yackman01
October 04, 2011 at 10:51am
I can't believe how far apple has their heads up their butts. This is just rediculous. I call foul on this nonsense.
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