"Nein" to Apple this time!

The Düsseldorf court says no to Apple  by refusing to ban the commercialisation of the new Samsung tablet in Germany.

Yesterday the Düsseldorf regional court stated, as expected, that the Samsung Galaxy 10.1. N looked different enough from the iPad to be commercialised in Germany, thus rejecting Apple's request to forbid its competitor's new product for design patent infringement.

 The escalating patent dispute between Apple and Samsung in the tablet-computer and Smartphone market that started in the US in April 2011 is reaching Europe, with law suits in France, the UK, Italy and Germany, the latter country's law courts being currently the main battlefield. There are two main fronts.

Apple offensive on the design 'front'

Apple protected its tablet-computer design in 2004 before the iPad entered the market.