Justice Amanda Bennett sitting in the Federal Court is set to give a directions ruling tomorrow morning as to whether Samsung will be allowed to sell their 10.1 Galaxy Tablet which was blocked from going on sale after Apple sought an injunction earlier this month.The ruling is expected at 9.15am EST.
The drama unfolded for Samsung Australia when Justice Bennett, an experience technology Judge who ruled in favour of IceTV in the electronic program guide copyright case Vs Channel Nine, banned the distribution of the Samsung tablet PC on August 3rd.
She ordered Samsung to stop importing, promoting or selling its latest tablet computer, the Galaxy Tab 10.1. Journalists were also stopped from reviewing the device.
Shortly afterwards Samsung Australia said that they would launch an Australian model of the Tab anyway, as the one banned by the court was a different version. That model has not appeared.
After the Court case in Australia sales of Samsun’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 was bought to a screeching halt in Europe.
A preliminary injunction granted to Apple by a court in Dusseldorf, Germany, has stopped the sale and marketing of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet across Europe, with the exception of the Netherlands.
The injunction was a significant win for Apple, which in April sued Samsung in a patent dispute alleging the Galaxy tablet and phone lines were rip-offs of the iPad and iPhone.
Shortly afterwards Apple sought and attained an injunction to ban the sale of the Samsung Galaxy S 2 Smartphone in Europe.
Samsung was disappointed by the decision and plans to fight the injunction, a spokeswoman for the company said.
The company added that it was not made aware a request for injunction was filed and that they were unable to present evidence before the order was issued.
“We will take all necessary measures to ensure Samsung’s innovative mobile communications devices are available to customers in Europe and around the world,” the spokeswoman said.
