Apple’s been granted a preliminary injunction to stop sales of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across the entire European Union on the basis of patent infringement. The ban excludes the Netherlands, where Apple has a separate lawsuit pending due to differences in patent law.
Samsung has already been barred from selling its tablet in Australia, where it lost a similar case against Apple. [Foss Patents]
Sam
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 8:12 AMMoral of the story is that everyone needs to stop copying apple and come up with your own $h1t.
Andrew
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:24 AMPoor artists litigate…
http://www.everythingisaremix.info/watch-the-series/ <– well worth a watch if you care about the development of ideas and culture as a whole. Part 3 gets specific about tech.
This isn't a story with a moral. It does however highlight the need for patent reform.
Jamie
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:32 AMHate to break it to you bud, but most of apple’s ideas weren’t apple’s idea.
plus i really dont get how they can manage to sue samsung for parts of the android operating system and they seem to be making this case out like they actually made the ipad 2 and slapped a galaxy sticker on in, when in reality if you stop being a fan boy and look at the 2 in comparison there are large amounts of differences… so this should work like it does with music they changed like 60-70% of the lyrics and notes.
Richard
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:35 AMI disagree with that 50% idea. In a book the words are everything. In software this isn’t the case, the implementation or code is often abstracted from other areas such as the interface. If you implement a search algorithm you should be able to protect it regardless of whether 90% of the code is dedicated to a UI that makes the results look different.
Peter
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:50 AMlol, Apple by far did not invent a small rectangular-with-rounded-edges portable computer. Stop chugging the Kool-aid, it costs more and is way less filling!
Muhammad
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 8:19 AMA Jihad on Apple!
EckyThump
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 8:21 AMJesus Christ Jobs,.. Seriously!! GROW UP!!
Richard
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:43 AMOhh please. I just did a search and found a number of cases of Samsung suing other companies other than Apple. It’s business and both companies have in the past made moves to protect their IP, not just Apple.
Paul
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:26 PMThe fact is, Samsung is making some of Apples hardware… So it doesn’t really make any sense now does it?
Richard
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 6:25 PMWhy doesn’t it make sense? Many tech companies compete with one another while at the same time also having relationships that see them cooperating. Hell, Apple still uses Google maps as its default mapping application.
IMHO what wouldn’t make sense is letting companies steal your IP on one product simply because you have a business arrangement regarding other items.
light487
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 8:36 AMD’oh.. I didn’t hear it had been banned in Oz.. I been waiting for a look at that. Apple can kiss my left butt cheek.. this is one more nail in the coffin for them in my book. The ASUS Slider is looking more and more like the tab I will be buying this or early next year.
olearymo
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 8:41 AMI’m rather disappointed they removed Palpatine.
I just loved seeing Palpatine there, twirling that pencil. Cracked me up.
Damo
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:31 AMHE’S BAAACK!
Andrew
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:36 AMI noticed that the Galaxy Tab in the corner has also been stretched vertically to make it look more like Apple’s tablet.
Danny Allen
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:24 AMWas a 2 minute photoshop man, relax. ;)
olearymo
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 3:30 PMThanks Danny!!! :D
Andrew
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 5:17 PMsooo.. what a diffrence a week makes. *quietly smug*
olearymo
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 3:31 PMhehe, look at him twirling that pencil. So happy. Not a caaaare in the galaxy…
Robert
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 8:47 AMIf you squint hard enough, every generic black rectangle looks as boring as an Apple product.
Shepard
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 9:26 AMWow i better run out an buy an ipad then should i jobs?
NO!
Noo
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 10:00 AMFuck jobs, Fuck Apple and fuck all the
Apple fan boy judges.
Markk
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:34 AMWhat Noo said
Markk
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:35 AMbtw, is that the reaper in the background?
WillD
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 12:07 PMThere is no court that can ban them across multiple countries. Even the Americans can’t do that.
Apple is rotten – to the core, and needs to be stopped from fulfilling its ‘Do Evil’ policy of trying to kill all competition.
This will eventually backfire heavily on Apple. The sooner the better.
John
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 1:02 PMHurry up and die Steve.
Sardo
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 1:27 PMThink different?
TSH
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 1:32 PM*shrug* I hate to say it but in this case I kinda agree with Apple. It’s not just the design of the device itself, it’s the box and presentation as well. The two devices could be confusingly similar.
Having said that, I’m a big proponent of caveat emptor: as a customer if you don’t know what you’re buying, don’t be surprised if it’s not what you expect!
Peter
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 11:30 PMThink about it though, you know it’s Apple, well, because of the familiar shaped fruit emblazened in a few choice locations.
Like, that thing’s iconic.