Earlier this month, Apple Inc. was applied to the Australian
Federal Court for an injunction stopping Samsung from promoting or
selling its new "Galaxy Tab 10.1" in Australia
– Apple submitted that the Samsung product infringed ten
registered Australian patents involving screen touch technology, as
well as the "look and feel" of the iPad. During a break
in the hearing, legal counsel for Apple and Samsung reached a
temporary settlement regarding the dispute, with Samsung agreed to
stop advertising the Tab 10.1 in Australia, and to undertake not to
sell the product in Australia without court approval or Apple's
consent. A close analysis of Apple's patents and the Tab 10.1,
shows that Apple's claims are well founded and that the most
sensible approach for Samsung, will be to substantially alter how
the Tab 10.1 works, or to look at trying to negotiate some kind of
licensing arrangement with Apple for some of the key technology
used in the Tab 10.1. Similar cases are
