“As part of the ongoing global patent battle between Apple and Samsung, a Dutch appeals court on Tuesday upheld a lower court’s injunction against sales of some older Samsung Galaxy models,” Ina Fried reports for Re/code.
“The order applies specifically to the Galaxy SII and Galaxy Ace, but could possibly be extended to other Samsung devices found to similarly infringe on a European Apple patent,” Fried reports.
Brief article in full here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “becherer” for the heads up.]
Big whoop. If they’d banned current models it might have meant something.
A sales ban on the Galaxy SII in the Netherlands, THAT will teach Samsung to not copy Apple! /s
You probably can’t even find a still-operating Galaxy SII in the Netherlands.
SII had this weird restart problems… thats the reason may be court banned 🙂
Although this won’t make Samsung cry it will hopefully set a precedent that will make future sales bans easier to get (I won’t hold my breath, though).
In other news, Apple today announced that it succeeded in getting a worldwide ban on Windows 3.1.
It’s the PRINCIPAL!
It’s not only the head of my elementary school, it’s also the PRINCIPLE of the idea! (sorry Jubei – I’m not the grammar police, I just thought it was funny)
The key to this particular judgement is that it can possibly be extended to other offending handsets. And Jubei and a couple others are correct – it sets a precedent that can be extended in future lawsuits. Folks here need to read the article before they post….
then why am i interested?