1 December 2011Jurisdiction reportsMichiel Rijsdijk

Apple-Samsung decision causes interesting discussions

Apple started interim injunction proceedings based on three patents, five design rights, its copyright and slavish imitation (act of tort). The judge prohibited Samsung marketing the Galaxy S, SII and Ace, but based this ban only on the infringement of one Apple patent. All other orders are declined, which makes the decision not so unfortunate for Samsung and a loss for Apple, since Samsung has announced that it can easily alter the software on its smart phones so that it no longer infringes the Apple patent.

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