Apple seeks to block Samsung Electronics plans to sell the modified tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1, which was released in Germany in an attempt to circumvent the earlier injunction obtained by Apple, a company spokesman said.
Regional Court in Dusseldorf blocked in September sales in Germany of the original version of 10-inch tablet Samsung, Apple once convince the judge that Samsung products like too much of the iPad.
To circumvent this prohibition, Samsung modify the appearance of the tablet and create Galaxy Tab 10.1N, which is aimed at the latest move by Apple. The hearing is scheduled for December 22 in court in Dusseldorf.
Galaxy Tab 10.1N and a new facet of the front speakers, with Samsung are confident that the company can demonstrate to the court of its differences from the iPad, a spokesman for Samsung in their e-mail.
Samsung will take all necessary measures, including legal, to ensure that the device will be available to consumers in Germany, he added.
The complaint in Germany comes after Apple registered a loss in court dispute with his Korean manufacturer in Australia. There the Federal Court decided to lift the ban on sales of Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the country.
Samsung is the only manufacturer of Android tablets that failed to make a breakthrough in sales of Apple iPad, though Amazon is expected to do the same with its Kindle Fire.
Samsung sold about 1.6 million tablets Galaxy
in the third quarter of this year, say analysts Canalys. But Apple still dominates this market and has sold over 11 million units for the same period.
IDG News Service, Stockholm
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