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Samsung might try to block Apple's Iphone 5 in Europe
KOREAN ELECTRONICS GIANT Samsung is considering an attempt to ban sales of Apple's upcoming Iphone 5 in Europe.
Reuters has reported that Samsung, which has been mired in many legal disputes with Apple all over the world, will try to ban the Iphone 5 in retaliation for Apple's copycat claims.
Apple has already won injunctions preventing Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab tablet in a number of regions. The two firms have been playing a game of cat and mouse with Samsung trying to overcome injunctions in Germany and the Netherlands, while a recent injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Tab in Australia made the firm postpone its launch there indefinitely.
Yesterday it was reported that Samsung is attempting to ban Apple's Iphone 5 in South Korea, by claiming the device infringes its wireless patents. A Samsung executive said, "We will stick to a strong stance against Apple during the lingering legal fights."
The Maeil Business Newspaper reported that Samsung might try to block the Iphone 5 in Europe.
Apple's fifth Iphone is expected to go on sale next month, though as usual very few concrete details about the device are available. If Samsung does launch a legal assault on Apple's Iphone 5, there's no guarantee that would delay the launch, let alone obtain an injunction to stop the sale of the devices completely.
Even if Samsung's move is just posturing, for Apple the Iphone 5 is without doubt the most important device it will launch this year and the cappuccino company undoubtedly will look at ways to avoid any hiccups in the channel due to legal wrangling. µ
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hi guys
for far too long apple had little or no real competition. Now that they have they are behaving like a spoiled child. You don't know when the next tantrum Will be. the Galaxy S 11 is by far the best mobile phone ever to hit the market. So how do apple reply? By introducing an additional softwareupdates that might close up some of the holes that exist in its software? Or give its millions of existing customers a genuine heads up on what is coming in the next IPhone release. One thing is for sure regardless of what they promise they Will have a hard job measuring up to the Samsung Galaxy S11
regards
Joe
I think the author did deliberately spell cappuchino but does it really matter anyway? Appe is what it is, does what it does and there is f**k all samsung can do about it.
The Inq (and El Reg) have always mucked about with brand names - especially ones that the owners are protective of. Hence the "Iphone" spelling as well. Harmless stuff, really, though hardly amusing after the 20th time.
Getting back OT, I wonder how much of this media speculation about Samsung's proposed legal attempts is just hand-waving by Samsung. If they're targeting fundamental phone processes, then these should be covered by Fair Use. So it feels a bit King Lear-ish ("I will have such revenges on you both that all the world shall--I will do such things,-- what they are, yet I know not: but they shall be the terrors of the earth.")...
cappuccino company??? hilarious! i think you may have meant Cupertino.
perhaps you are confused with starbucks.
or perhaps you meant the cupertino company.
gotta love that spell check