Apple wins one-week extension on Australian Samsung tablet ban
Australian High Court Justice Dyson Heydon on Thursday announced the nationwide ban of Samsung's tablet will remain in effect until Dec. 9, when the court will decide whether Apple can appeal a recent lower court decision to lift the embargo, according to Blomberg.
The preliminary injunction that barred Samsung from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 has been in effect since Oct. 12, though the South Korean company won a reversal on Tuesday that overturned the initial ruling. Apple immediately said it would appeal the latest ruling with the High Court, and was subsequently granted a request to keep the injunction intact until the appeal was filed.
The Australian case is part of an ongoing worldwide patent dispute between the two tech giants, originally started in April when Apple sued Samsung, claiming the company copied the iPad and iPhone's look and feel.
Since the initial suit, Samsung has fired back with its own counter claims pertaining to Apple's use of so-called FRAND patents, however the pursuit has been unsuccessful thus far.
Most recently, the South Korean company's litigation strategy was reportedly under investigation by the European Commission to determine whether it violates anti-competition laws.
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Most recently, the South Korean company's litigation strategy was reportedly under investigation by the European Commission to determine whether it violates anti-competition laws.
I believe they may be questioning both Apple and Samsung:
According to EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, ?Apple and Samsung is only one case where IP rights can be used as an instrument to restrict competition.?
I'm pretty sure this ban will be completely lifted in a week. Hopefully we'll eventually get some real innovation from Samsung in the tablet sector. As of now Asus is the only one bringing their A-game.
I'm pretty sure this ban will be completely lifted in a week. Hopefully we'll eventually get some real innovation from Samsung in the tablet sector. As of now Asus is the only one bringing their A-game.
Ditto. . .
Actually, only Amazon is bringing their A-game (which is largely subsidized hardware pricing since Amazon projects to make its profit on content sales).
The delay is brutal in light of the holiday sales window.
Actually, only Amazon is bringing their A-game (which is largely subsidized hardware pricing since Amazon projects to make its profit on content sales).
The delay is brutal in light of the holiday sales window.
That Kindle Fire isn't great in either the HW, the OS, or apps. It's not bad for a first attempt, especially for $200 but it doesn't feel like quality in any regard. We also know the cheap feeling HW is based on RiM's PlayBook and there is evidence to suggest the circuit board design could be an earlier design than that used in RiM's released PlayBook.
Now check out Asus's tablets. They look and feel great (without being ripoffs of the iPad), use IPS displays (not an issue these days but last year they were the only other company besides Apple that had committed to IPS across the board) while having good battery life. They also were able to get the price competitively at $100 below the iPad 2 for the same capacity storage, though perhaps still not good enough when you consider the lead the iPad still has on performance and ecosystem. The biggest obstacle for Asus seems to be Android. So far ICS looks good, especially compared to Honeycomb, but being a good mobile OS simply isn' good enough these days or WP7 would be more popular.