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Samsung wins against Apple in Australia
KOREAN HARDWARE OUTFIT Samsung has won the right to sell its Galaxy Tab 10.1in tablet in Australia, having fought off a preliminary injunction that had been granted to Apple.
According to a report at the Sydney Morning Herald, the full bench of the Federal Court, which includes Justices John Dowsett, Lindsay Foster and David Yates, unanimously reversed an earlier Federal Court judge's ruling that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 should banned from sale in Australia.
"Samsung will be permitted to launch the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia provided it keeps accounts of all transactions involving that device in Australia," said the ruling seen by the SMH.
Apple still has a few days in which to revel in the fact that it stopped its rival from selling hardware in Australia, as Samsung will not be allowed to put its tablets back on sale until the end of this week.
Apple won the ban against the Galaxy Tab 10.1in tablet in September, at which time Samsung promised to fight it. There were suggestions that it might have waited until next year to respond with its arguments, which would have made it miss out on the important holiday sales season. It will have a good few weeks to punt its hardware now, though.
We have asked both Apple and Samsung to comment.
Update
Apple did not comment on this ruling, but said that it will continue to pursue Samsung and what it sees as blatant copying of its designs.
"It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging," said a spokesperson. "This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas." µ
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JOBS ADMITTED TO BEING A BLATANT THEIF. Youtube shows in an interview Apple's then CEO ADMITTING TO stealing XEROX'S IP.( look in job's interview"I hired the wrong guy ") He said Good artists copy. GREAT artists Steal.
By the way as bong above said " Well then Apple you wait because if Creative beat you back then, imagine what would happen if all the Android Manufacturers joined forces against you just because of spite.
Reap what you sow."
I EAGERLY await the ANDROID oems WAKING THE HELL UP...
'Nuff said.
The shape of the galaxy tab is very rectangular because of its Higher resolution 1200 by 800 plus the Aspect ratio of 16:9 while the iPAd 1 and 2 are 4:3 therefore squarish.
That alone already tells me just by looking at both products that they are different.
God if the LCD TV manufacturers started suing each other over the shape of the tvs, i dont think any self respecting judge would allow it.
But because of Apple's legal shenanigans that day may come becaues they keep forcing a NON-issue.
Well then Apple you wait because if Creative beat you back then, imagine what would happen if all the Android Manufacturers joined forces against you just because of spite.
Reap what you sow.
I agree with Dave, for past 25+ years Apple have let smaller companies develop hardware solutions to fill the gaps in Apple's lines, once they took off Apple "slavishly copied" the products, consigning these companies to history because the little guys don't have the money to defend themselves against Apple
And where would Apple be without the ideas from borrowed (cough!) Xerox Parc if Xerox had sued
You lost, get over it. Stop bringing frivolous patent claims in the name of IP protection when you have stolen/copied other peoples IP's/ideas to make your own products.
Everyone can see that you think that everyone should by your products and if they don't then you want to get rid of any possible competition.