Keep taking the tablets? Yes .. and no

"Euro-injunction mechanism in Community designs: Samsung Galaxy Tab European ban partially lifted", by Séverine Mas, is the title of a Current Intelligence case note which will be published in the print version of the Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice in due course. This note discusses Apple Inc. v Samsung Electronics GmbH and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a decision of the Düsseldorf Landgericht of 9 September 2011. According to the abstract,

"The 14th Civil Division of the Düsseldorf Tribunal of first instance confirmed an interim decision preventing the German firm Samsung Electronics GmbH from selling the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the whole of the European Union, on account of a potential infringement of a Community design registered by Apple. The ban was, however, restricted to the German territory for sales by Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, based in South Korea".

David Musker has already posted a note on this dispute on Class 99 here.  You can now read Séverine's analysis in full on the jiplp weblog here.