Score a huge, huge win for Apple in its IP fight with Samsung: a Dutch court has just granted Apple a preliminary injunction preventing the Samsung Galaxy series of smartphones from being sold in Europe, effective on October 13th.
This injunction follows a similar injunction made by a German court against the sales of the Galaxy Tab 10,1. That injunction was overturned after it was discovered that the German court had overstepped its own authority in banning Samsung’s tablet in the EU.
According to FOSS Patents, Samsung could still get around the ban, since it only prevents three different Samsung subsidiaries registered in the Netherlands from selling the Galaxy S in the EU. Samsung’s Korea office could distribute the Galaxy S directly in Europe.
That’s unlikely, though. Samsung Korea just doesn’t have the infrastructure in place to move the Galaxy S into Europe without going through the Netherlands.
Big win for Apple, if this injunction doesn’t get tossed out like the German one. It also means that Samsung better make the next couple months count as far as Galaxy sales are concerned.
