AUSTRALIA
HIGH COURT ENDS APPLE'S BATTLE TO BAN SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB -
FOR NOW
The High Court of Australia denied Apple's request for
special leave to appeal, which effectively allows Samsung to sell
its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia. Apple had appealed against the
Full Federal Court's decision lifting an injunction against
sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1.
In its decision, the High Court agreed with the Full Federal
Court that the original court decision to grant the injunction had
not sufficiently considered the merits of Apple's claim that
the Galaxy Tab 10.1 infringed Apple's patents.
The decision comes on the heels of a US District Court decision
in a related case in California, where the judge denied an interim
injunction in favour of Apple against sales of Samsung's Galaxy
tab 10.1.
