Apple Fails To Get Samsung Tablets Banned In Netherlands, Again

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Apple again lost a bid on Tuesday to have Samsung tablet computers banned in the Netherlands in a Dutch appeals case over infringing copyrights of its iPad tablet computer.

Apple, which has been locked in legal battles with Samsung in almost a dozen countries involving smartphones and tablets, had appealed a Dutch ruling, which said last year Galaxy Tab 10.1 models were not a copy of Apple's iPad.

A Dutch appeals court dismissed Apple's appeal, confirming the Dutch lower court's ruling.

Apple and Samsung have been suing one another as the two technology giants jostle for the top spot in the booming smartphone and tablet markets.

(Reporting by Gilbert Kreijger; Editing by Hans-Juergen Peters)

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[Lucille]

11:33 AM on 01/25/2012

Apple allows Samsung to make their products so what does Apple expect, of course they are going to be ripped off by Samsung, and Apple deserves it because they are an American company who refuses to hire Americans. I was really proud of Apple until I realized how determined they are not to bring jobs back to America so screw them.

I’d still rather have an Apple product than any android so I may compromise and buy a discounted iPad 2 instead of an iPad 3 when the latter comes out and I've decided to forget about the iPhone altogether as I'm very disappointed in Apple for not putting Americans first.

[Poonam Kapoor]

01:58 AM on 01/25/2012

Well if we look at samsung, they are not copycats but creative. They made better software and hardware and sell at affordable prices. Apple's EGO for being genius and creative is really throned by samsung. As for me ANDROID RULES!!!!!......

http://www.gadgetmasala.com/5-best-android-tablets-on-earth.html

[Storyhill]

09:39 PM on 01/24/2012

Bunch of jeolous Sammyfans on here. Look at Apple's earnings fellas!

[Natedc]

09:43 PM on 01/24/2012

Why would you brag about a company gouging its customers? You remind me of the people who think record oil company profits is good for the consumer.

[Darlie Brewster]

10:31 PM on 01/24/2012

All it took was a bunch of 12 year olds working 16 hour days, 6 days a week, living an a room with 13 other people being paid 31 cents an hour
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[Storyhill]

09:38 PM on 01/24/2012

Not to worry!

[Storyhill]

09:37 PM on 01/24/2012

"The result may make Apple the world's largest maker of smartphones. Samsung Electronics, which held that position for most of last year, has said it expects to report shipping about 35 million smartphones in the October to December quarter."

[NorthAmericanPatriot]

08:51 PM on 01/24/2012

"Samsunged"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=vOSgfvTC35A

[llozano]

08:27 PM on 01/24/2012

So let me get this right. If the "free market" doesn't do what you want you can then take your case to a court for them to decide? These giants of capitalism and innovation can't stand the competition.

[Neitherpartieslapdog]

08:40 PM on 01/24/2012

The EU regulators are actually looking into Apples many frivalous lawsuits as mearly means to squash competition. When they file a suit, the courts put a halt on the sale of the competitor before they are even proven guilty. I think Apple should have to pay for lost revenue when they loose a suit.

[Ed Baker]

05:53 PM on 01/24/2012

Just wondering how the android users feel about google's announcement today.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-tracks-consumers-across-products-users-cant-opt-out/2012/01/24/gIQArgJHOQ_story.html?wpisrc=al_comboNE_b

[ono24]

05:21 PM on 01/24/2012

Apple still makes the best phone, but the way you go to get apps. The way they have the phone restricted where as you have to jailbreak it to do anything with it sucks. And the plans with the wireless providers could be alot cheaper. If Apple keeps their bull_hit up Samsung is going to pull the rug right out from under them permanently.

[wmechaneer]

05:27 PM on 01/24/2012

The price of monopolistic behavior is that Apple lost the PC business to "open framework" IBM behaviors, and their equally monopolistic behavior in the smartphone market is costing them worldwide market share. Sony behaved like that with their Betamax video recorders during the late 1970's, and look where that got Sony.

The market always dictates the winners and losers, and Steve Jobs' penchant for control has cost Apple a lot more than it ever gained them.

[helioszephyr]

07:48 PM on 01/24/2012

"...Steve Jobs' penchant for control has cost Apple a lot more than it ever gained them."
people have been saying that for 10 years now... in case you missed the other headline:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/24/apple-q1-2012_n_1229156.html?ref=technology

The "open/closed" argument based on the industry/market dynamics in the 80's/90's have no relevance today. For many reasons, but two major ones... consequential history doesn't always repeat itself based on one variable, and, what many refer to as "closed" to toady is hardly that.

What many claimed was Apple's problem (closed) is their advantage today. In essence, a proprietary system that's open to what the majority of consumers want. This isn't a "PC" industry of 20 years ago, it's a "consumer electronics" industry.

[bernar7906]

10:13 PM on 01/24/2012

My first smartphone was a Palm Treo with Windows Mobile O.S. - trying to set up my mail was a disaster, calls to Palm sent me to Microsoft, Calls to Microsoft sent me back to Palm. The O.S. was nothing short of a nightmare to work. I was forced to move to the Apple I-Phone because of the company I work for. I swore that I would never purchase an I-phone myself. When it was sent over to my office, the mail set up was so simply only then was I was beginning to understand why their was such an Apple following - The next thing is that it actually works, and works great. Simple to use, easy to operate. Then it hit me. The "open framework" is what kills the product. All the crappy software and crappy hardware add on's screw up the OS. I like Apple's approach, and I don't mind paying for it. Apple is one of the most valuable companies in the world. I don't think Samsung is sitting on 78 billion in cash. Apple will be here for a long time, and will be doing better than all the other Silicon Valley and Electronic companies.

[elsquibbs]

05:34 PM on 01/24/2012

Who needs innovation and competition when Apple can just go running to the courts for help, like a 4 year old tattletale? Mommmmmmmmm, Sam is bothering me again!

[Storyhill]

04:49 PM on 01/24/2012

46.33 billion in revenue and profits of 13.87 billion in profits. How was Sammy's profits!?

[wmechaneer]

05:30 PM on 01/24/2012

In spite of their creativity, a mere 3% market share in deployed PC's is where Apple is today. They'll see the same when coming against the world's appetite for cheaper technology than Apple desires to deliver.

Having said that, one company enjoying but 10% of worldwide smartphone/tablet market share still translates to $$$$BAZILLIONS$$$

[Natedc]

09:55 PM on 01/24/2012

What's wrong with you Apple fans? Why would you brag about paying higher margins on a product? I have a brand new Toyota Carolla you'd probably be interested in, only $60,000.

[tonyaxsmithey]

04:48 PM on 01/24/2012

100 billion dollars last year with all total sales and they want to corner anyone who gets in their way.

[Storyhill]

04:47 PM on 01/24/2012

Looks like a massive blowout in earnings for Appple Sammyfanboys.

[tarzan322]

04:02 PM on 01/24/2012

Apple, still trying to monopolize the competition with Steve Jobs dead. Even one of Steve Jobs good friends said that he was declaring war on all others and trying to take over the market. Apple needs to be slapped with some Monopoly lawsuits.

Personally, patents need a 1 year limit on placed on them. This allows a manufacturer to reap the benefits of the design for that year, while expiring and allowing others to produce more productive and efficient technology. The reason being that the rate of technological advance warrants that one manufacturer will come up ideas that intuitively productive, efficient, and unable to be improved upon with sacrificing something, and another manufacturer will at least arrive at a reasonable facsimile of the same thing at some point. At this point, the patents actually serve to hamper the advance of technology by forcing others to produce less productive and efficient devices. The end result is one company unfairly monopolizing the market while others while seriously affecting market competition, and hampering overall technological development. Essentially, tech patents create an overly competitive market, which is damaging to the market as a whole.

[wmechaneer]

05:35 PM on 01/24/2012

Please don't attack the Patent and Trademark system. Without reasonable protection, we inventors would face starvation, and the marketplace would lose all technological advancements rather than enjoy the fruits of our creativity and labors.

I take it you also enjoy pirating copyrighted movies and music from the Web as well. If so, then I pray for your personal unemployment. Since you don't like paying for the labors and talent of others, then no one should pay for your's either.

[kadyak]

11:03 PM on 01/25/2012

Right, Apple is in danger of starvation.

[helioszephyr]

08:04 PM on 01/24/2012

By that standard, MS should have been shut down long ago. People bashing Apple can't decide... on one hand arguing they only have 7% of the PC market, on the other, they're a monopoly. Which is it?

This "competition" you describe is, as if only Apple has a strategy of being at the top. What, Samsung is benevolent in its nature and isn't aggressive in its strategy? Are they, or any of the Asian brands voluntarily taking a second seat to Apple? This is an absurd premise.

As to unfairness... Samsun, despite being very profitable in all their product lines, is "backed" by the Korean government when there's an urgent need to develop a technology or corner a commodity on the global market via low margins. To varying degrees, also in Japan/China. To my knowledge, the US gov does not provide such backing to consumer focused companies, unless directly involved in developing tech for the gov.

People rant about Apple's production overseas (they all produce overseas) but purchase a Sam, Sony, HTC, who's products are not only manufactured in Asia, but the profits remain there, When one purchases a Moto, Dell, Apple, at least a good portion of the profits remain and are taxed in the US. Apple directly employs about 46,000 of 64,00 jobs in the US, including a fab plant in Texas for its A5/6 run by Sam.

[NeverUndecided]

04:01 PM on 01/24/2012

Apple is sitting on a $75 billion pile of cash, a grotesque hoard in good measure squeezed from Chinese sweatshop labour, and along with other high-tech "icons" (of what, exactly?) enjoying virtually tax-free corporate status courtesy of successive Administrations' corporate gifting, yet has apparently convinced Itself that only It is capable of making expensive gadgets.

I'd suggest that the real takeaway is that both Apple and Samsung know this round of broadly disseminated innovation based on "24/7 connectivity" is pretty much over - the "next big thing" will come from a different direction entirely.

[pllc]

05:20 PM on 01/24/2012

Good point. I recollect prior to the first government shut-down threat in October 2011 the media brought out the fact that Apple had more cash on hand than the Feds did at that time. Unbelivable to many not familiar with private and public finances.

[wmechaneer]

05:37 PM on 01/24/2012

Apple earns their cash, while gummint simply prints theirs. Apple doesn't "force" our compliance with their goals, but gummint sure does.

That's the difference between a commercial monopoly and governmental economic oppression.

[helioszephyr]

08:10 PM on 01/24/2012

Actually, what's really amazing, is that the gov has less than $90B in their coffers. That amount should be "sofa change" for the US gov.

But if we continue purchasing products from companies based in Asia, our gov defecits will continue to grow.

Purchase Moto, Dell, Apple... not Sam, HTC, Sonly.

[USAyesterday]

03:47 PM on 01/24/2012

Apple is coming out on the short end of these law suits both those they file against another ie. Samsung, and those filed against Apple. The fact is, and all manufactures face it, you develop a product, someone comes along and makes it better and cheaper. That is how AMD got such a foothold in the processor business. Intel would make a chip, AMD would take it and do it right, and cheaper. Maybe at one time Apple had a complaint, but they should of done it then. Allowing their some of their initial computers, i.e. the Apple IIe to be produced in Korea. I can remember in the early 80's computers being sold on the Korean economy, the looked like the apple, felt like the apple, even booted up with the apple logo, but they were not Apples.