German Appeals Court Confirms Galaxy Tab 10.1 Ban

New submitter Killer Panda sends word that a German Appeals Court has upheld the injunction prohibiting sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany. Apple convinced lower courts to issue and uphold the injunction last year by making the case that Samsung's devices "slavishly" copied the iPhone and iPad. "Samsung, which is Apple's supplier as well as a competitor, has been trying to have the German decision overturned while also seeking other means to fight Apple. It redesigned the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for the German market only and named it Galaxy Tab 10.1N to get around the sales ban. Apple challenged the reworked version but a German court last month rejected Apple's claims in a preliminary judgment." The European Union announced some more bad news for Samsung: they'll be investigating the company to see whether its use of patent lawsuits is illegally hindering other companies' use of standardized 3G technology. "Under EU patent rules, a company that holds patents for standardized products is required to license them out indiscriminately at a fair price."

Re:Galaxy Tab = better than IPad 2

[Moheeheeko]

but but......ROUND CORNERS!

Re:I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[K. S. Kyosuke]

all energy left my body in an instant.

Wow, that means you must be a really cool guy.

Re:I thought EU was anti-troll

[NIK282000]

Tablet nothing, they invented the rectangular computing device. No computing device from here on may be rectangular in shape for that shape is owned by Apple.

Re:I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

[alexborges]

Whats the matter? You stiff?