Re: Apple Blocks Sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in EU
And a big update. I wrote the judge was supposed to rule on the 15th of september, but he did suddenly today. That's one day before the appeal in Germany, and people who know more about legal things than I do think that's no coincidence. They think it's a hint for the German judge.
Samsung won on about all points. Two longer articles (in Dutch):
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107696/re...ii-en-ace.html
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107698/ga...-samsung-.html
In short: Only three smartphones with Android 2.3 have problems because of a software patent, the Galaxy S, SII en Ace smartphones. That's because of scrolling through a picture galery using hand moves. But Android 3 doesn't have this problem. Samsung has till 15 October to solve this. They say this is more than enough time, Samsung says a small software update can fix this.
All other claims Apple had are completely declined, including the very important Community Design claims.
It looks Apple lost completely and made a whole lot of free commercials for Samsung.
I (and lots of other people) always thought in the EU software patents don't exist, so I don't understand this.
Edit: I think I understand it. Formally it aren't software patents, but hardware patents. But everybody calls it software patents, because in practice it are.
English text about the verdict:
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011...eliminary.html
And a big update. I wrote the judge was supposed to rule on the 15th of september, but he did suddenly today. That's one day before the appeal in Germany, and people who know more about legal things than I do think that's no coincidence. They think it's a hint for the German judge.
Samsung won on about all points. Two longer articles (in Dutch):
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107696/re...ii-en-ace.html
http://webwereld.nl/nieuws/107698/ga...-samsung-.html
In short: Only three smartphones with Android 2.3 have problems because of a software patent, the Galaxy S, SII en Ace smartphones. That's because of scrolling through a picture galery using hand moves. But Android 3 doesn't have this problem. Samsung has till 15 October to solve this. They say this is more than enough time, Samsung says a small software update can fix this.
All other claims Apple had are completely declined, including the very important Community Design claims.
It looks Apple lost completely and made a whole lot of free commercials for Samsung.
I (and lots of other people) always thought in the EU software patents don't exist, so I don't understand this.
Edit: I think I understand it. Formally it aren't software patents, but hardware patents. But everybody calls it software patents, because in practice it are.
English text about the verdict:
http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011...eliminary.html
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