14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung may have gotten the preliminary ban on the Galaxy Tab partially lifted, but it looks like a new ban has been enforced, this once in the Netherlands, Hague more precisely.
The past couple of weeks have not been very pleasant for Samsung, especially not on the tablet market.
While the company did busy itself with the release of Super PLS Monitors and colorful notebooks, it never stopped dealing with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 controversy.
After apparently getting a ban in Australia (one that Samsung more or less worked around), a German court banned the Tab in the EU as well.
After that, it was discovered that Apple may have modified the photos of the Tab in order to make it look more similar to the iPad in its court filing.
Whether because of this or not, the preliminary ban was lifted (mostly), although an injunction can still be set if the appeal tomorrow does not go as Samsung hopes.
In the meantime, Apple did not stay idle and sued Samsung in the Netherlands as well, for much the same purpose, among other things.
Apparently, a judge in The Hague issued a ruling in Apple favor, though this does not necessarily mean that the Galaxy Tab 10.1 is banned in the Netherlands as well, although it might be just a matter of time.
The ruling did say that the Galaxy tab 10.1 and 10.1v infringe some Apple patents, but their status was left vague.
Not so for a completely different set of products that did, however, get banned, namely the Galaxy S, S II and Ace smartphones, which have been found to infringe on patents 2,058,868, 2,098,948 and 1,964,022.
In that order, the patents concern methods of scrolling, recording a flag in connection with multiple screen taps, and dragging a slider to unlock the phone.
What remains is to see if the appeal tomorrow continues the streak of misfortune or gives Samsung a reason to rejoice.