Temporary ban affects most of European Union.
A German court has issued a temporary injunction banning Samsung Electronics from selling its Galaxy Tablet in the European Union. The court sided with Apple Inc., which has accused Samsung of slavishly cloning the iPhone and iPad products in its Android-packing smartphones and flagship tablet.
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I can understand the galaxy phone but the galaxy tab as well is just BS, because it looks nothing like the ipad at all. Seems that Apple just always has the edge when it comes to court cases just because of their name.
I think there might be a solution to this. Try the case in a third world country and selecting a judge by a short straw. Than sequester the judge, just like a jury!
I mean... Aside from the fact that they are both tablets, how are they so similar? I mean, not much you can do to differentiate a bunch of rectangular plastic slabs; but I still don't think "iPad" when looking at it.
Quote:from the shape of the hardware to the user interface
So yeah, if it's a rectangle and if it uses a touch interface (even with a completely different, more open, and customizable OS), probably especially if it happens to have a camera (some dangerous thinking there) then Apple is suing you...
Well, Samsung obviously didn't, but, if they did clone the iPad, at least they did it quite fast. It took almost ten years to Crapple to clone the concept itself and then claim they had discovered the wheel:
Originally posted by buxtahuda: I mean... Aside from the fact that they are both tablets, how are they so similar? I mean, not much you can do to differentiate a bunch of rectangular plastic slabs; but I still don't think "iPad" when looking at it.
Quote:from the shape of the hardware to the user interface
So yeah, if it's a rectangle and if it uses a touch interface (even with a completely different, more open, and customizable OS), probably especially if it happens to have a camera (some dangerous thinking there) then Apple is suing you...
I agree.
My 10 year old Casio PDA was smaller, had most of these features including add on auto orienting camera and internet connection. So what else is new? Of course it was a whole lot cheaper.
Only company that will never be sued by apple is Intel. Intel can cut off their b***s and hand them on a silver plate! No CPU - no Apple !
