Court bans Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 in Europe

A Duesseldorf court of Germany has recently banned the Galaxy Tab 7.7 of Samsung in Germany, which has been extended to the entire European Union. A patent dispute between Apple and Samsung is going on for the Galaxy tabs since a while. The Samsung Galaxy 7.7-inch slate was officially unveiled at the IFA in Berlin last year. After the ban issued by the Court this is the latest casualty in the ongoing patent dispute between Apple and Samsung.

Samsung has showed his disappointment with the ban which stated that it was "disappointed with the court's ruling" and that it "will continue to protect the intellectual property rights and defend against Apple's claims to ensure our products remain available to consumers throughout the European Union".

Besides legal hassle, the Galaxy 7.7 tab is also slightly costly, for which users on many occasions prefer the more affordable the Tab 27.0 or the new one Nexus 7 to 7.7. Hence the sales ban would have not any significant impact on Samsung.

Merely one week before this ruling in the U.K. Samsung had won the case as a Court in the U.K had cleared in its verdict that none of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab slates, which includes the Tab 7.7, Tab 8.9 and Tab 10.1, infringes any patent right of Apple.