The customizations that Samsung has made for its new Galaxy Tab provide enough distinction with the iPad, the court in D lwa sseldorf. The court honored Apple’s request for a new verkoopstop not.
Samsung was previously a sales ban imposed on the Galaxy Tab because it’s too much on the iPad would seem. The company brought therefore the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 N in Germany. This variant has a metal edge that is extended to the front and a more prominent logo on the front. Apple found the changes insufficient and demanded a verkoopstop, but the judge went here Thursday not to participate.
The edges and the large Samsung logo are immediately, according to the court, according to the Welt. For the consumer, the two tablets are enough to stand out, also because Apple and Samsung, in the words of the judge, ‘more famous than Chancellor Merkel.
One of Apple’s claims is that the design of the iPad is unique because the glass on the screen extends to the edge. Samsung brought in Düsseldorf, however, suggests that this is already patented before Apple with the iPad came. Apple’s defence was that the patent relates to a monitor and not on a tablet, and that the patent is only 13 days before Apple’s iPad design is starting to be revealed. The manufacturer would not have had time to take knowledge of the patent.
On 9 February the court in Düsseldorf a final judgment in the case.