"War of the tablets': Apple won another battle against Samsung

After Apple revolutionized the technological world with his now famous iPhone, competitors launched a race against time to compete in this segment of digital tablets. But the company founded by the retired Steve Jobs does not give up and give fight to avoid "plagiarism."

This Friday, the German court in Dusseldorf in his favor and ruled in favor of the U.S. firm, to forbid his South Korean rival Samsung's marketing in Germany of digital tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1.Apple accused the South Korean company to have copied its iPad tablet and had obtained a temporary ban on the sale of Samsung in Germany.



Initially, the German court banned the sale Samsung tablet across the European Union (EU), but in the end the court of Dusseldorf"restricted the ban to Germany" , according to a statement. He argued that would only have jurisdiction to ban the product in Europe if the South Korean group had a branch in Germany, but has a subsidiary, Samsung Electronics GmbH, "which operates under its own name." The president of the court of Dusseldorf, Johanna Bruckner-Hoffmann, ruled in favor of Apple, considering that its tablet and the rival model Samsung "presented a similar general appearance," especially in its design "minimalist". The Galaxy Tab 10.1, which began in mid-marketing year, is considered one of the main rivals of the iPad. Apple launched a legal battle at all Samsung fronts against, not only tablets but also by the South Korean smartphones, the Californian group considered too similar to its famous iPhone.A Dutch court has already banned the sale of three models of Samsung phones in several European countries. There are ongoing proceedings in the U.S., Australia or South Korea.