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Apple has won another victory in its ongoing patent fight with Samsung. ABC News reports:
“On Sunday, Samsung pulled its brand-new Galaxy 7.7 from one of the world’s largest electronics shows in Berlin. The move came after a German court banned all sales and marketing of the device. Apple claims that Samsung’s devices are copies of the iPhone and iPad.”
The 7.7-inch tablet was only introduced last Thursday - but thanks to the ongoing legal battle, even those demonstration models bore a sticker: “Not for sale in Germany.”
David Robinson at mobot suggests Apple enjoining Samsung -- again -- is overreaction.
“...we can't help but think Apple is losing sight of the fact that some degree of similarity is unavoidable in rival devices ... It's like a car maker suing one of its rivals for producing a vehicle with four wheels. Of course it has four wheels. It's a car.”
Ingrid Lunden at Paid Content disagrees -- she thinks Apple is also fighting Samsung’s tablets because it’s worried about losing market share.
“You can potentially see where some of the threat with Samsung lies for Apple ... it was starting to offer some beautiful features that actually separated it from the iPad.”
Evan Ramstad (RAHM-stad) with the Wall Street Journal says regardless of how the injunction turns out -- Samsung has lost some ground in the tablet industry.
“... what’s important about these injunctions is because court cases take so long unfold .... That’s pretty damaging because product cycles are so short in the tech industry.”
So far, the injunction covers only German markets. Samsung has yet to confirm whether or not the new tablet will launch in the U.S.
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