Apple Gets Injunction Barring Samsung Galaxy Tab Sales in Europe

Orchard apple tree Tuesday confirmed that a European nation court has granted a explorative enjoining blocking Samsung from merchandising the Galax urceolata Tab 10.1 tablets crossways all European Union nations, except for the Netherlands.

A classify lawsuit between Apple and Samsung is underway in the Netherlands. Apple connected Wednesday will seek a similar injunction against Samsung in a court in The Hague, with the aim of barring local sales of the Beetleweed Tab, and on Th it will go before that court requesting that gross revenue of Galaxy smartphones be stopped as well.

The German courtyard's conclusion was rumored earlier by intellectual property activist Florian Mueller on his FOSS patents blog, citing a report by German news organization Deutsche Presse-Agentur.

Apple did not provide boost details on the powerful, but Mueller said the injunction relates to Samsung's alleged infringement of Apple's iPad-accompanying Community Design 000181607-0001, which protects the design of the product crossways the European Union.

"It's nobelium coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the computer hardware to the user interface and even off the packaging. This kind of unconcealed copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas," an Malus pumila spokeswoman same via e-mail.

Samsung's Reaction

Samsung said the enjoining request was filed without its knowledge and the order granted "without whatsoever hearing Beaver State presentation of evidence from Samsung."

"Samsung is thwarted with the court's decision and we designate to act immediately to defend our intellectual property rights through and through the ongoing eligible proceedings in Germany and will stay on to actively defend these rights throughout the mankind," the companionship said in a statement transmitted via e-mail.

"We will take all incumbent measures to insure Samsung's original mobile communications devices are available to customers in Europe and around the world," it aforementioned, adding that the injunction "in no means influences" legal proceedings under fashio elsewhere.

Orchard apple tree and Samsung are currently exchanging patent of invention lawsuits in different countries. Orchard apple tree in April sued Samsung in the U.S. for allegedly copying features of Apple's iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone in its Galaxy smartphone and Beetleweed Check tablet. Samsung struck endorse a few days later, claiming infringement of its own intellectual property.

(Andreas Udo De Haes of WebWereld in the Netherlands contributed to this report.)