Report: Galaxy Tab Soon to Hit Germany
Samsung has won the favour of courts in Australia and the United States for its Galaxy devices to hit the market and soon enough, according to reports, the South Korean firm may win the nod of the German court.
Apple had initially convinced courts in a number of countries around the world to bar Samsung from selling the Galaxy product lines, arguing that the gadgets were mere copycats of iPads and iPhones, but that victory was eventually reversed.
The last two months saw Samsung getting the go-signal from Australian and American courts to unleash the full power of the Galaxy devices without much of any revisions on the products.
But the situation in Germany was different as Samsung opted to redesign the Galaxy Tab 10.1, altering the tablet computer's look and feel and renaming it as Galaxy Tab 10.N.
While the tablet, which Apple described as an iPad clone, retained its features Samsung decided to 'overhaul' its border, now sporting a metal rim "that wraps toward the front of the device in the 10.1N rather than lying flat behind the black bezel on the 10.1," according to Appolicious.
Shortly, thereafter Samsung moved for a late November release for the new tablet but Apple begged to disagree, insisting that not much had changed.
Last heard from the company, it was preparing for another injunction plea that would bar Samsung from shipping the Galaxy Tab 10.1N into Germany but experts are convinced that Apple's effort would amount to nothing.
Yahoo News has reported that preliminary statements issued by the Dusseldorf court hearing the Apple-Samsung lawsuit revealed that the presiding judge appears convinced that Samsung had sufficiently implemented redesigns that would differentiate the Galaxy Tab 10.1N from the iPad.
While those declarations were yet the ruling prayed for by Samsung, legal experts are in agreement that the German court will eventually allow the South Korean company to finally sell the tablet computers in the country.
Any scenario that points to an otherwise decision would all depend on Apple, experts said, which they added needs to muster convincing evidence that would halt the sale of Galaxy in Germany.
Its likelihood, according to analysts, is next to nil.