Online retailer Ruslan Kogan has agreed to pull the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 from its store after Apple threatened to sue.

Apple is currently in a legal battle with Samsung to ban the device from Australia due to patent infringements. Samsung had agreed not to sell in Australia until the hearing in Sydney is concluded. Apple had asked Kogan to withdraw the product and threatened to sue the retailer along with Samsung if it didn't comply.

"All we are trying to do is to provide the latest technology at the best prices. Pointless litigation is not our specialty," Kogan told the Sydney Morning Herald.

Kogan had begun selling products from other brands aside from its Kogan-branded TVs, Blu-ray players and laptops. The retailer began selling both the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the iPad. Samsung's agreement with Apple to temporarily stop selling the Galaxy Tab in Australia didn't stop Kogan from getting its stock directly from Hong Kong.

Apple Australia's law firm, Freehills, sent Kogan a letter accusing the online retailer of patent infringement. Apple demanded Kogan stop selling Galaxy Tab devices immediately and to deliver all remaining stock to Apple. It also asked Kogan to reveal who supplied Kogan with the Samsung devices.

Kogan had complied with the request and pulled the devices until the legal dispute between Apple and Samsung was resolved.

"There is a fine line between legitimately enforcing your intellectual property on the one hand, and just trying to stifle competition on the other - in our view Apple is very precariously walking that line," said David Shafer, Kogan's executive director.

In a letter to Apple's legal team, Shafer said that the retailer pulled the Galaxy Tab as a "gesture of goodwill." Shafer said that since Kogan sells the tablet via a Hong Kong subsidiary and that the buyer is essentially an "importer" the retailer is in its legal rights to sell the product. Kogan has agreed to the request to pull the device to avoid a legal battle.

Apple has not dropped its demands to know about Kogan's suppliers and information about the sales of the Galaxy Tab.

Apple Australia did not comment on the issue.