Samsung scores win in German patent battle with Apple over its tablets
- 03 February, 2012 01:41
- Comments
Samsung Electronics is allowed to continue to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, after a regional court in Munich rejected an Apple motion to block sales of the product due to a patent violation, a spokesman at the court said.
The patent is related to "list scrolling and document translation, scaling, and rotation on a touch-screen display," according to the spokesman. But the court felt the patent didn't include anything new, and therefore wasn't valid, he said.
Apple can appeal the decision, but didn't reply to questions about its plans.
Apple's efforts to block the sale of Samsung's tablets resulted in a small victory earlier this week when the higher regional court in Düsseldorf said it still wasn't allowed to sell the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Germany.
That decision is related to the design of Samsung's tablet and follows a verdict and ban in Düsseldorf's regional court last year.
After the ban in the regional court, Samsung developed the Galaxy Tab 10.1N, which has an altered design and is available in German stores.
But Apple went after the new version in both Munich and Düsseldorf.
A verdict in Düsseldorf, which can also be appealed, will be handed down on Feb. 9.
But it isn't looking very good for Apple. In December, a judge at the district court in Düsseldorf issued a preliminary ruling that the Samsung tablet is now sufficiently different.
This week the European Union also get involved in the patent battle between Apple and Samsung. The European Commission is taking a closer look at the way Samsung licenses its essential patents, concerned that Samsung may be in breach of European competition law.
Samsung didn't reply to questions about the verdict in Munich.
Send news tips and comments to mikael_ricknas@idg.com
Join the CIO Australia group on LinkedIn. The group is open to CIOs, IT Directors, COOs, CTOs and senior IT managers.
- Bookmark this page
- Share this article
- Got more on this story? Email CIO
- Follow CIO on twitter
-
Australia's first 4G smartphone is the HTC Velocity 4G
-
Swedish e-commerce startup's execs linked to NYC sex crime
-
Face Time - Interview with John Brennan and Robert DiStefano
-
How to implement next-generation storage infrastructure for Big Data
-
Pfizer's Future Depends on IT Transformation
-
Investment Protection and Elasticity for your Network
Enterprise IT teams are being challenged to increase overall IT flexibility and business agility by incorporating emerging cloud technologies into their next generation datacentre architectures. Top of mind is how to embed a high degree of elasticity to properly handle increasingly unpredictable application traffic loads, while still meeting strict performance service level agreements (SLAs). Satisfying these often opposing goals requires that individual elements within the larger datacentre infrastructure provide a native capability to increase capacity and performance as conditions dictate. Read on. -
Oracle Database 11g Product Family
Oracle Database 11g is available in a variety of editions tailored to meet the business and IT needs of all organisations. This paper outlines the features and options available with each edition of Oracle Database 11g. Read on for more details. -
Optimised License Management for the Datacenter
Optimised license management is a necessity for all licenses owned by the enterprise. While organisations are starting to understand their license position for the desktop estate, the reality is that licensing in the datacenter presents a daunting set of challenges that require a robust, automated license management solution. Learn about how to address the unique license management requirements of all enterprise IT environments including the desktop and the datacenter.
-
Computers for Seniors for Dummies, 2nd Edition
-
Teach Yourself Visually Windows 7
-
Office 2007 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies
-
Windows 7 for Dummies®
-
Excel 2007 All-In-One Desk Reference for Dummies
-
Microsoft Office
-
Office 2007 for Dummies
-
Windows 7 for Dummies® Dvd+book Bundle
-
Windows 7 for Seniors for Dummies®








Comments
Post new comment