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[rezuth]

http://9to5mac.com/2012/06/26/apple...-tab-ahead-of-google-io-kicking-off-tomorrow/

A bit of legal news this evening. U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has issued a preliminary injunction on the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the U.S. late this evening, Reuters first reported. Apple has been fighting worldwide for close to a year to get an injunction against a slew of Samsung products. Claiming Samsung “slavishly” copies off their products, the folks in Cupertino are most likely celebrating this evening, after working hard to protect their hot-selling iPad. When asked to give comment on the case, Judge Koh said Samsung is “competing unfairly” by “flooding the market with infringing products.”

“Although Samsung has a right to compete, it does not have a right to compete unfairly, by flooding the market with infringing products. While Samsung will certainly suffer lost sales from the issuance of an injunction, the hardship to Apple of having to directly compete with Samsung’s infringing products outweighs Samsung’s harm in light of the previous findings by the Court.”

According to AllThingsD, the injunction will begin once Apple posts a $2.6 million bond to protect Samsung, if the injunction is later determined to be wrongly issued. An Apple spokeswoman commented, “This kind of blatant copying is wrong and, as we’ve said many times before, we need to protect Apple’s intellectual property when companies steal our ideas.” To be clear, this has been issued for the original Galaxy Tab, not the newer version Samsung just released.

Happy Google I/O everyone

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Justice has failed.

 

[MarkMclovin]

Gotta protect those rectangles.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

these weren't high-volume selling products were they? can't imagine this is some meaningful portion of their projected profits this quarter that they're losing.

 

[twobear]

I feel kind of bad about this. I mean, this is the reason why so many Android users are now lumbered with the GSIII design.

 

[Tk0n]

I feel kind of bad about this. I mean, this is the reason why so many Android users are now lumbered with the GSIII design.

no. i think this is the reason:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/12/chris-bangle-former-bmw-designer-bringing-his-deconstructivist/

 

[Burger]

Motorola sues Apple
Kodak Sues Apple
Some guy sues Apple
Samsung sues Australia

... and so on.

 

[Yo Gotti]

If business is war, then Apple is winning.

 

[The Faceless Master]

does Samsung still manufacture the original Galaxy Tab 10.1?


also, patent system...

 

[mescalineeyes]

no. i think this is the reason:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/12/chris-bangle-former-bmw-designer-bringing-his-deconstructivist/

Bangle? That explains a lot. I hated BMWs in his era.

 

[twobear]

no. i think this is the reason:
http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/12/chris-bangle-former-bmw-designer-bringing-his-deconstructivist/

It all makes sense now.