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Apple has hit Samsung here in the U.S., Australia, the entirety of Europe, and even on its home turf in South Korea. But that’s not enough, apparently. Japan is our latest battlefield, with Apple again going for the jugular on Samsung’s Galaxy smartphones and tablets.
The complaint seems to vary a bit from continent to continent, but this time Apple’s calling out the Galaxy S and S II smartphones, as well as the Galaxy Tab 7. Apple claims these products “slavishly copy” the iPhone and iPad, and seeks to temporarily halt sales. Along with this preliminary injunction request filed with the Tokyo District Court, Apple also wants 100 million yen (which translates to $1.3 million USD) as an award for damages, according to Reuters.
NTT Docomo, one of Japan’s largest wireless carriers, today launched the Galaxy Tab 10.1 for its LTE network. To refresh your memory, this is the same Galaxy Tab 10.1 that Apple has locked up in Australia and made a fuss over all across Europe. It’s unclear why Apple didn’t include the 10-incher in this filing, but NTT Docomo seems unfazed. “We have heard from Samsung that it’s all right,” said NTT Docomo President Ryuhi Yamada. “At this point we don’t think it will harm our sales.”
Good luck with that, Yamada. Apple is out for blood, and shows no signs of being satisfied anytime soon. Especially since Japanese consumers seem to favor Samsung, at least in the period between January and March when the Galaxy S outsold the iPhone in Japan. As far as Japanese front is concerned, Samsung started it. Samsung filed a suit against Apple back in April in Japan, and Apple counter-sued in late August.
There’s no telling how this will end up, but Samsung is certainly hurting. Both Galaxy Tabs pose a great threat to Apple’s iPad, and the Galaxy S II was meant to be the company’s solid iPhone 5 rival. Without those products on the global market, sans drama, Apple takes a ridiculous competitive advantage.
Started by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne, Apple has expanded from computers to consumer electronics over the last 30 years, officially changing their name from Apple Computer,...
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