Dutch court rejects Apple appeal, says Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is legal

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Dutch court rejects Apple appeal, says Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is legal

A court in the Hague has just cleared the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 for sale in the Netherlands, rejecting Apple's requests for a nationwide ban. As NU.nl reports, a different Dutch court had already issued a similar ruling in October, which Cupertino promptly appealed, claiming that Sammy's slate was too similar to its own iPad 2. Today, though, the Court of the Hague shot down Apple's arguments, determining that there are enough differences between the two products to legally justify their coexistence. Granted, this is only one of many patent battles that the two companies are currently waging, but for today, at least, it looks like Samsung has come out on top.

Source: Engadget

[Muhammad Farrukh]

NO THEY DIDN'T

[Steven P. Administrators]

NO THEY DIDN'T

OH YES THEY DID!

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[44MLX]

Great :D.

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im glad apple is getting a few swift kicks in the "apple bag"

[+ir0nw0lf Subscriber²]

Congrats Samsung! Huge victory and only solidifies the opinion that many had all along that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is physically different enough from the Apple tablets to allow the sale of it. Of course Apple haters with less restraint than I have will likely tell Apple to go suck on that decision. :shiftyninja: