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Samsung Galaxy S

It's nearly October 14th, the date by which a Dutch court ruled that Samsung must cease selling its Galaxy S, Galaxy Ace, and Galaxy S II smartphones in the Netherlands if it continues to infringe upon a single Apple patent. Now it seems that the company will avoid any sales injunction by patching the scrolling and browsing behavior of the infringing Samsung photo app used in its Android 2.3 build. Samsung spokesman James Chung had this to say:

We made smartphones using alternative technology for the Netherlands market and all products that Apple claimed violated their patents have been replaced with the new technology. We will have discussio …

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Apple scroll patent

Things are getting more complicated for Samsung on the legal front in Europe: a Dutch court has ruled that the company's Galaxy S, Galaxy Ace, and Galaxy S II smartphones infringe one of Apple's patents, and should be removed from importation or sale by October 13th. That follows a German ruling from two weeks ago granting Apple a similar preliminary injunction against Samsung's products, but Dutch ruling is critical for two reasons: one, it's being reported that Samsung's European supply channels all go through the Netherlands, so the ruling could effectively halt sales across the EU, and second, the Dutch court actually granted a ruling on …

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