As legal representatives of Samsung and Apple filter out from Dusseldorf's regional court, it's Samsung who are the happier, as the preliminary injunction that Apple filed against the Korean firm's Galaxy Tab 10.1N (itself a design around of the banned Tab 10.1), has been denied.
The court found that Samsung's re-design of the Galaxy Tab was far enough removed from Apple's products to go on sale legally, without infringing any patents.
Fertig!
Even though Apple previously won a community-based design injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1, it can be said that overall Samsung can be happy with the results of the two cases.
The nature of that previous injunction is unique to German law, meaning that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is banned only in Germany and the new 10.1N version can be sold there in its stead.
Florian Mueller of Foss Patents argues that this casts a favourable outlook for Motorola in its upcoming cases against Apple.
"Today's ruling is also good news for Motorola Mobility, whose Xoom tablet Apple is attacking with the same community design in Dusseldorf," he said.
"If even the Galaxy Tab 10.1N steers clear of infringement, it's going to be quite difficult for Apple to win the Xoom case."
War nur spass
Mueller also added that, despite this particular chapter now being resolved, the case is far from securely closed.
"It's important to understand that today's decision is merely the denial of a preliminary injunction," he warned.
"In parallel to all those efforts to have different Samsung tablets banned as a result of fast-track proceedings, Apple continues to assert four different design-related rights against ten Samsung smartphones and five Samsung tablets, including the ones against which Apple sought preliminary injunctions."
He went on to estimate that it could be a full year before these cases are fully resolved.
[source: Foss Patents]
News
When Matt was 7 years old he didn't write to Santa like the other little boys and girls. He wrote to Mario. When the rotund plumber replied, Matt's dedication to a life of gaming was established. Like an otaku David Carradine, he wandered the planet until becoming a writer at Pocket Gamer.
Related Articles
Interview
Apr 9th, 2024
Saga CEO Rebecca Liao on the launch of publishing division and mass market web3 games
Top Stories
News
2 hours, 47 minutes ago
Red Games Co's Brian Lovell on their Apple Design Award Win: “Inclusivity was a focus from the beginning"
News
12 hours, 9 minutes ago
App Store developers can start nominating their games for featuring later this year
Feature
2 hours, 59 minutes ago
The key takeaway from Apple's AI-laden WWDC keynote? It's time to buy a new iPhone
News
Jun 10th, 2024
Devsisters’ Chris O’Kelly talks upselling IP to fans across multiple games without cannibalisation
Events
Tribeca Games Festival 2024 | North America | Jun 5th |
Steam Next Fest: June 2024 Edition | Jun 10th | |
WN Conference Istanbul 2024 | Jun 11th | |
GamesForum Hamburg 2024 | Europe | Jun 11th |
ESI London 2024 | Europe | Jun 13th |
Game Con Canada (GCC) 2024 | North America | Jun 14th |
Indie Dev Play 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |
DevGAMM Vilnius 2024 | Europe | Jun 14th |