If you’ve been following any of the on-going twenty or more patent lawsuits between Samsung and Apple, you may be well aware of the Dutch ruling back in August that found the Galaxy S, S II and Ace model smartphones to be in breach of an Apple patent relating to a method of scrolling through pictures. Luckily for Samsung, this ruling also exonerated the company of infringement on nine other patents filed as part of the same suit by Apple in an effort to stop the sale of their competitor’s devices across Europe.
Based on those findings, the Dutch court imposed a sales injuction on the incriminated models with a grace period for Samsung to address the lone infringement by this Friday, October 14th. Now, just days before the end of that period, a Samsung spokesman has relayed a message confirming that upgrades have been made that will enable them to avoid the ban of sales in many European countries:
“We’ve fixed the technological problem and upgraded products to address the issue. They will be shortly available for sale,” ~ James Chung (Samsung spokesman)
There’s no word yet on launch dates for the devices, but at least a launch date does exist somewhere on the horizon. This is in direct contrast to their Galaxy Tab 10.1 which presently awaits a similarly contemptuous sales ban request by Apple in Australia, an important ruling that should come down later today.
[via reuters]