A few months before Apple is set to release a 7.85-inch tablet of its own, it convinced a German court to ban Samsung’s similar-sized, year-old offering based on the look and feel of the 10-inch iPad. The ban would extend to the entire 27-member states of the European Union should it hold. Strangely, the same court decided that an iPad-sized 10.1N variety of the Galaxy Tab, which was just a 10.1 with a superficial makeover, should not be banned.
Samsung was both happy…
and sad…
on the news.
In more Apple-Samsung patent dispute news, according to FOSS Patents, Apple filed to seek $2.5 billion in damages from Samsung for infringing on its patents. About $2 million of that sum is just for design patents.
The Cupertino, Calif., -based Company apparently used its own analysis to detail how Samsung’s patrons will shell out up to $100 more for a device that boast Apple-patented features. It even detailed the value of those features. For instance, the “scrolling API” feature is worth $3.10.
Go to FOSS Patents for more information on Apple’s latest filing.
