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Samsung has appealed for the Australian ban on its Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets to be overturned.<br />
Citing errors of law, Samsung's legal team has insisted that the ban over alleged patent infringement is wrongful, despite a judge agreeing that Apple's intellectual property had been infringed.<br />
The injunction was a preliminary one, but Samsung's lawyer Neil Young insisted that it was based on "irrelevant considerations".<br />
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The ban was handed down on 13 October, to the dismay of Samsung, who immediately indicated that they would fight against it.<br />
Apple believes that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringes on three of its patents, and has already rejected a deal offered by Samsung over the Australian market.<br />
In the US, a judge has ruled that Apple's patents have been infringed against by Samsung, and there are also legal battles occurring in the European market.<br />
Samsung's spat with Apple is by no means the only patent dispute going on – with most of the major players involved in some kind of legal proceedings.<br />
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Samsung: Australian Tab ban should be lifted

Samsung has appealed for the Australian ban on its Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets to be overturned. Citing errors of law, Samsung's...

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After reaching out to Samsung regarding this entire situation our sister site SlashGear finally received an official response from Samsung that should shed some light for all of you readers — and it doesn’t look like things went down very smooth over in Germany.</div>
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Samsung is disappointed with the court’s decision and we intend to act immediately to defend our intellectual property rights through the ongoing legal proceedings in Germany and will continue to actively defend these rights throughout the world.</div>
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The request for injunction was filed with no notice to Samsung, and the order was issued without any hearing or presentation of evidence from Samsung.</div>
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We will take all necessary measures to ensure Samsung’s innovative mobile communications devices are available to customers in Europe and around the world.</div>
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This decision by the court in Germany in no way influences other legal proceedings filed with the courts in Europe and elsewhere.”</div>
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According to this official statement not only did Samsung have no idea this was being filed and never received any sort of notice, nor did they get a chance to plead their side of the case either — sounds pretty outrageous to me. This is the first official word we have received regarding this mess and from the looks of things Samsung is not going down without a fight.</div>
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Sadly just like we said in the article this morning an appeal could take upwards of 4 weeks to get started so sales could be coming to a very quick halt if something isn’t done soon. Samsung plans to make their product readily available for everyone worldwide, and Europe so we should be hearing more very very soon. What do you guys think, is this Apple playing hard? I’ve heard the term they should innovate, not litigate — what do you readers think?</div>
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Samsung Responds to Court Ruling in Europe Banning Galaxy Tab 10.1 Sales

Earlier today we reported that a German court had ruled in Apple’s favor regarding the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and a preliminary injunct...