Apple's iPad and Samsung's Galaxy tab 10.1. Photo: Jo Yong-Hak/ReutersEuropean Customs officers have been ordered to seize shipments SamsungGalaxy of tab Apple computers after won a preliminary injunction against the Korean electronics giant in a sharp patents dispute.
Samsung Wednesday said it would act immediately to lift the blockade, which prevents the sale of his flagship the Tablet PC in the European Union, except the Netherlands.
Tens of thousands of Samsung Galaxy tabs is believed to have been seized after the ruling late Tuesday of a German Patent Court.
Apple has accused Samsung's Galaxy series smartphones and Tablet computers "Slav" copying design and functionality of its popular iPhone and iPad lines of.
Apple will apply to have the injunction extended to the Netherlands to the Court in Håg patents later on Wednesday.
A Samsung spokeswoman said on Wednesday morning: "Samsung is disappointed with the Court's decision and we intend to act immediately to defend our intellectual property rights through the ongoing trials in Germany and will continue to actively defend those rights throughout the world.
"We will take all necessary measures to ensure the Samsung's innovative mobile communication devices are available for customers in Europe and in the world.
"This decision by the Court of Justice in Germany in no way affects other lawsuits filed with courts in Europe and elsewhere".
Apple claims that the Samsung tablet violates 10 separate patents in areas such as data transmission and wireless technology.
A spokesman for Apple said: "it is no coincidence that Samsung's latest products is very similar to the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware for the user interface and even packaging. This kind of blatant copying is wrong, and we need to protect Apple's intellectual property, when companies steal our ideas.
Earlier in August forced the California-based company Samsung to delay the launch of its Galaxy tab 10.1 in Australia after it won a preliminary injunction in the country. Apple, which overtook oil group Exxon as the world's most valuable company Tuesday night, also seeks to block sales of rival the Tablet computer in the United States.
Samsung has countersued Apple in its native South Korea, as well as Japan, the United States and Germany.
Florian Mueller, analyst intellectual property have followed the dispute between the two electronics giants, said of winning EU orders Apple has convinced Düsseldorf judge that it would be likely to win the most important legal cases.
"A preliminary injunction is ordered only if the Court believes you are likely to prevail in the main proceedings, but which does not necessarily mean that you want," said he. "In the event that you lose the main procedure, you are responsible for the damage."
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