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Galaxy Tab doesn't copy Apple designs, U.K. court rules
Cnet ^ | July 9, 2012 4:52 AM PDT | Roger Cheng

Posted on 07/09/2012 11:46:07 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach

It's a win for Samsung Electronics, which hasn't fared so well in the legal arena lately. The decision affects three Galaxy Tab models.

Score one for Samsung Electronics.

After several legal defeats resulting in a product ban, Samsung finally got a court to side with it. The company said that the High Court of England and Wales ruled that its Galaxy Tab did not infringe upon Apple's tablet designs, and found 50 different recognizable traits.

The victory is a measure of relief after a few rough weeks in which a U.S. judge ordered a ban on the Galaxy Nexus, resulting in Google pulling it from the Google Play store before putting it back up Saturday. Samsung has filed an appeal and the ban has temporarily lifted.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: hitech; patentwars

1 posted on 07/09/2012 11:46:12 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
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To: ShadowAce
Related thread:

U.S. Patent System is Broken, Declares Judge in Android v. Apple Cases

2 posted on 07/09/2012 11:55:06 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The Global Warming Hoax was a Criminal Act....where is Al Gore?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

You forgot the reason. The Galaxy is not cool, no way it could be confused with an iPad. No kidding that is what the judge ruled.


3 posted on 07/09/2012 12:09:41 PM PDT by itsahoot (The Political Elites are the modern Royals, and the king shall have his due.)
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Galaxy blows the iPad to smithereens. Galaxy gets you power, speed, and workability for its money. iPad is nothing but a status symbol that doesn’t even run Flash. It is really no better than even a Kindle for 3 times the price.


4 posted on 07/09/2012 12:19:51 PM PDT by wolfman23601
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To: wolfman23601
Galaxy blows the iPad to smithereens.

Took the bait huh?

I did not say the Galaxy was not cool, the stupid judge said that. I could care less what anyone uses or buys, PC proponents on the other hand detest anything Apple.

5 posted on 07/10/2012 12:00:30 AM PDT by itsahoot (The Political Elites are the modern Royals, and the king shall have his due.)
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iPad is nothing but a status symbol that doesn’t even run Flash.

Flash is an internet pestilence. Flash is why Flashblock was invented.

6 posted on 07/10/2012 12:17:05 AM PDT by cynwoody
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To: itsahoot

I actually like Apple computers, but the iphone and ipad not so much.


7 posted on 07/10/2012 3:27:11 AM PDT by wolfman23601
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