Samsung’s been back in court today trying to overturn the injunction against it selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
ZDNet reports on the ongoing case, noting that Samsung’s legal representatives are arguing that the injunction against the company was incorrectly applied. The report quotes Samsung counsel as stating that Justice Annabel Bennett
based her response on the basis that Samsung wouldn’t accept an early final hearing, which tipped the balance against us. That is a flawed proposition. [What was proposed was]a preliminary hearing based on several prejudicial conditions … including an injunction … and no further evidence. That was used as a black mark that led fundamentally to the grant of interlocutory relief. Samsung was not unwilling to go to early final hearing, it was prepared to if there was no injunction … so in our submission, her Honour based her judgement on a wholly irrelevant consideration.”
The report notes that Justice Lindsay Foster appears to have agreed with Samsung, moving to have Samsung’s appeal expedited through the courts. [ZDNet]
BenDTU
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 4:34 PMPrediction: This post will get at least 100 replies.
Eamonn
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 4:45 PMPrediction: most people are to busy playing BF3 :)
Josh
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 1:12 PMor if not playing it, at work busy thinking about it (e.g. me)
DarthDVD
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 4:51 PMPrediction: Most people will be bitching about Origin.
Anywho on topic. I do hope Samsung is allowed to sell these products soon
brent3000
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 5:15 PMANyone know when we will hear a verdict today?
Turd
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 5:32 PMWe need more competition. I hope Samsung are allowed to sell them!
Marty McFly
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 5:53 PMBeen wanting one of these for a while. I know I could get it from one of the online retailers, but I could get mad discounts where I work, when this finally becomes available here.
Thanioti
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 6:13 PMDie Crapple!
Dan
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 8:05 PMI already have an android tablet but will buy this 1 too just as soooo much publicity its had!
Steve
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 8:11 PMJust stop this shit already, it’s beyond insane at this point. Apple’s made their point, they’ll actively stamp out competition and they can get away with it.
Antonia
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 8:27 PMApple can’t win if nobody buys their products. In the same way that Microsoft almost wiped out Apple with Windows at the end of the last century (before dropping $200 mil on them).
Try to develop for an ipad is a painful experience. First buy a Mac, second pay an annual subscription to be an Apple developer, third wait for Apple to allow your product onto the App store, and then finally be happy that doesn’t take an even bigger slice of your pie.
markd
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 1:11 AMI disagree.
I develop for both iOS and Droid.
Then annual Apple subscription costs less than what I spent on coffee in a week.
The screening process is completely painless if you develop quality applications.
The distributor only taking 30% represents fantastic value – are you aware of what most industries are like?
By the way, Google also takes 30% :)
Harrison
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 1:41 AMI believe it’s pronounced, “snap”
TonyInTsv
Friday, October 28, 2011 at 8:59 AMApple really are wasting their money trying to fight this. They are now trying to attack online sellers. Even if they do shut them down, people are just going to go to Hong Kong or somewhere similar to get it. They are only giving themselves a “bad sport” name. Its obvious after reading Jobs’ biography that as far as he’s concerned, he invented the mobile phone, the MP3 player, smart phones and tablet computers, and anyone who does the same is stealing his idea. He’s a hugely intelligent man, but he is not god. Anyone who has used an ipad and a galaxy can tell that there is almost nothing similar about them. Unless of course you consider that the size is similar, the shape is similar and the weight is similar. That’s where the similarities stop.