Ze Germans haf banned ze Samsung Galaxy 10.1: Nein!

Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Wednesday, 10 August 2011 11:03

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Neeeeiiiiiin! Ze Germans haf banned ze Galaxy in ze country of Germany und ze rest of ze European Union except for ze Nezzerlands, und Samsung ist very annoyed while Apple ist happien. Achtung!

Well, it looks like Apple has 'vays' of making Samsung's Galaxy 10.1 talk no more, or at least, stop any launch on a temporary basis in the European Union.

Samsung has complained that the German court did not give Samsung the opportunity to defend itself or its Honeycomb-powered tablet, but instead gave Apple everything it wanted - namely, an injunction preventing Samsung from selling its iPad 2-esque tablet in Europe.

The Netherlands is excluded from the injunction, whereas the UK has already been selling the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for a while, making the whole thing a bit messy.

Honestly, Samsung needs to stand up for itself in a more proactive manner and push Apple back as hard as Apple is pushing Samsung, instead of looking like Apple's whipping boy, but as I'm no lawyer, God only knows the machinations that the legal profession gets up to when these kinds of things are decided.

In a statement quoted by Reuters, Samsung said: 'The request for injunction was filed with no notice to Samsung, and the order was issued without any hearing or presentation of evidence from Samsung.

"We will take all necessary measures to ensure Samsung's innovative mobile communications devices are available to customers in Europe and around the world.'

Well, when Samsung starts selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia and the rest of Europe, then maybe I'll start believing that Samsung is taking 'all necessary measures', because for now, it looks like Samsung is talking 'all necessary' beatings from Apple instead.

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