Apple stopped selling the Samsung Tablets in Europe

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Apple stopped selling the Samsung Tablets in Europe

Bitter dispute over patents Apple has obtained an injunction against its competitor Samsung – the Galaxy Tab 10.1 may initially be sold in the European Union. The only exception is the Netherlands. Apple has its competitor Samsung‘s sales of the Tablet PC Galaxy Tab 10.1 let prohibited in the European Union. Before the Regional Court of Düsseldorf has the U.S. company obtained an injunction against the South Korean manufacturer, told the two companies. Apple accuses Samsung, with the Galaxy Tab copy to be violating intellectual property rights and iPad. Samsung use it from the reputation of the iPad, which is “a very famous iconic product of” the principal.

The injunction is directed against Samsung Electronics GmbH, Schwalbach, and the parent company in South Korea. Stop the distribution affects the entire European Union except the Netherlands -. There is already a separate legal proceedings Apple had requested a fine of 250,000 € or a detention order of up to a total of two years should match the Samsung not available. The company announced on Wednesday to defend themselves legally against the injunction.

Apple and Samsung fight on several levels to the design of their smart phones and tablets. The International Trade Commission (ITC) of the United States had in the past week, Apple launched after a complaint from an investigation against Samsung. The audit in the United States extends to both smartphones and Tablet computers. Before the Regional Court in Düsseldorf, however, it was just the tablet computer iPad and Galaxy Tab Apple wants the ITC to block imports of Samsung phones in the U.S.

The dispute between the two companies escalated in April, when Apple filed a lawsuit in the United States against Samsung. The Korean company responded with a countersuit, now they fight against various entities in several countries. Already in March, Apple also had the Taiwanese manufacturer HTC with the accusation of patent infringement sued. A week ago, Samsung had to move because of a similar court decision to sell the Galaxy Tablets in Australia.

Samsung uses his tablet computer as part of its smartphones for the Google Android operating system. The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 this month in Germany comes on the market. Apple has the world in the first half of the year sold about 14 million iPads. Analysts had forecast a Samsung competitor to annual sales of 7.5 million units.