German court upholds Galaxy Tab 10.1 sales ban after hearing

Apple scored a pretty big victory in their ongoing court battles with Samsung in Germany. The Dusseldorf court just confirmed the ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 shipments in Germany, as the slate was found guilty on infringing Apple patents.

If you need a memory refresh, the German story started with Apple winning an injunction against the sales of Galaxy Tab 10.1 across all of EU. Later the court lifted the ban outside Germany because it suddenly realized that it has no jurisdiction over the Korean-based company.

Samsung problems continued when the German court extended the ban to include the freshly announced Galaxy Tab 7.7. Just a day after it was announced at the IFA in Berlin, the 7-inch tablet disappeared from Samsung booth because the court ruling prohibits not only the sales, but also promotion of the infringing devices.

Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is already banned in Australia and Apple is already on its way to Japancourtrooms. Apple also managed to secure a preliminary injunction that bans Galaxy S II, Galaxy S and Galaxy S in Europe starting at October 13 for infringing a single Apple patent a gesture one.