Samsung has been ordered to remove the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from stores across Europe, following a "preliminary injunction" Apple obtained from a court, which agreed to claims regarding intellectual-property infringements in the design of the Galaxy Tab which are copied from the Apple iPad. The question now is whether cases in other regions will result in the same verdict.

 

The preliminary injunction from a Dusseldorf, Germany, district court extends to 26 countries that belong to the European Union, excluding the Netherlands. Certain laws in the Netherlands differ from those in the other nations, but Apple has filed a separate lawsuit in courts there.