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		<title>German court bans sales of Samsung&#039;s new 7.7-inch tablet</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Selers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A model holds a Samsung Electronics' new tablet 'Galaxy Tab 10.1' as she poses for photographs during its launch ceremony at the company's headquarters in Seoul July 20, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak SEOUL &#124; Sun Sep 4, 2011 8:14pm EDT SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co has stopped promoting its new tablet computer at Europe's biggest consumer electronics fair after a court-ordered sales injunction in Germany, the latest setback in its global patent battle with Apple Inc. A Dusseldorf court ordered the South Korean company to stop selling Galaxy Tab 7.7 on Friday when the annual IFA electronics show started in Berlin. The move follows an earlier ban on German sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 by the court in late August until its final ruling on September 9. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the latest addition to Samsung's range of Galaxy products. It was first unveiled at the show along with 5.3-inch Galaxy Note, which Samsung hopes to create a new product category with and fill the gap between smartphones and tablets. "The product is not on sale yet but we've decided to respect the court order," Samsung spokesman James Chung said. Samsung and Apple have been locked in acrimonious battle over smartphones and tablets patents since April as Apple seeks to rein in the growth of Google's Android phones by taking directly aim at the biggest Android vendor, Samsung. Apple has argued that Samsung had infringed on its patents and the Galaxy line of smartphones and tablets "slavishly" copied its design, look and feel. It is fighting legal battles in the United States as well as Europe, South Korea and Australia. The battle forced Samsung to delay its tablet sales in Australia twice. Samsung has counter-sued, arguing Apple infringed its wireless patents. The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is powered by a dual 1.2 GHz processor and uses a 7.7-inch super-bright active matrix organic light emitting diode (AMOLED) screen. (Reporting by Miyoung Kim; Editing by Lincoln Feast ) ]]></description>
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		<title>Starz to pull content from Netflix as talks fail</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 06:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A screen grab shows the access to Netflix online, as displayed on a television screen, in Encinitas, California July 25, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Mike Blake By Lisa Richwine and Yinka Adegoke LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK &#124; Thu Sep 1, 2011 8:28pm EDT LOS ANGELES/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Starz Entertainment will pull all of its movies and television shows from Netflix Inc's streaming service early next year, depriving Netflix customers from online viewing of new releases out of two major Hollywood studios. Pay-TV operator Starz, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, said on Thursday it had ended talks to renew a deal that expires February 28. After that date, Starz will stop providing its content, which includes exclusive rights to first-run Sony Corp and Walt Disney Co movies, for streaming on Netflix. Shares of Netflix were down 8.7 percent at $213 in after-hours trade, from a close on the Nasdaq of $233.27. Netflix was offering to pay somewhere in the $200 million to $300 million range annually for rights to stream Starz content, a source familiar with the negotiations said. Starz balked at that offer, the source said. Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings said in June it "wouldn't be shocking" to pay up to $200 million, a figure some analysts had predicted. The original online streaming rights are believed to have been agreed for around $30 million a year four years ago, people familiar with the deal have said. Starz, in a statement, called its decision to end talks with Netflix "a result of our strategy to protect the premium nature of our brand by preserving the appropriate pricing and packaging" of its content. The news came the same day that an unpopular Netflix price hike of as much as $6 per month took effect. The breakdown with Starz was a surprise because investors had expected the parties to reach a deal, said Brett Harriss, an analyst with Gabelli &#038; Co. "Netflix just effectively raised prices by 60 percent, and a big chunk of their content walked away," Harriss said. Thursday's announcement could open up the possibility that Starz might now court another online streaming provider, such as Amazon.com Inc or Google Inc's Youtube. Starz was not immediately available for further comment. Netflix spokesman Steve Swasey said the company was "confident we can take the money we had earmarked for Starz renewal next year and spend it with other content providers to maintain or even improve the Netflix experience." Netflix said Starz movies and shows account for just 8 percent of U.S. subscribers' viewing, and the company had projected that to fall to 5-6 percent by the first quarter of 2012, right when the deal dies. Starz is the exclusive distributor of first-run Sony and Disney movies on pay-TV in the United States under an agreement that allows it to distribute the programing wholesale on multiple platforms, including online streaming. But Netflix -- which has grown faster than partners expected -- triggered a deal clause in the first quarter when it announced it now has more than 22.8 million subscribers in the United States, of which nearly two-thirds were streaming videos, sources told Reuters in June. Under terms of the original contract, the trigger allowed Sony to ask Starz for better financial terms, the sources had said. Sony's content already was removed from the Netflix streaming service while negotiations were underway. Disney movies were accessible. (Reporting by Lisa Richwine, editing by Robert MacMillan, Matthew Lewis and Carol Bishopric) ]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#039;s Schmidt sees more partners for Google TV</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Aug 2011 11:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Google Chairman Eric Schmidt smiles during a rehearsal of his MacTaggart lecture speech for the Edinburgh International Television Festival in Edinburgh, Scotland August 26, 2011. Credit: Reuters/David Moir By Georgina Prodhan EDINBURGH, Scotland &#124; Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:07pm EDT EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - Google is "absolutely committed" to its fledgling television business and expects many more partners to join it soon, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Saturday. Google TV, which allows viewers to mix Web and television content on TV screens via a browser, has received lukewarm reviews and been blocked by the major U.S. networks since its launch in the United States in October. Schmidt told the Edinburgh television festival its lack of success so far was partly because it was a feature designed into televisions, devices which consumers tend to replace only about once every five years. "We're absolutely committed to staying, to improving Google TV," he said, adding that new companies would be joining existing partners Sony and Logitech for the next version. Logitech makes computer mice, speakers, webcams and keyboards. "I believe that they're both going to be on board and I believe there are many more coming. Wait shortly for an announcement," he said. Google has long harbored ambitions to extend its $28 billion online advertising business to the television arena, where the lion's share of global ad budgets is spent. It owns YouTube, the world's most popular online video site, but has not announced any profits from that business since buying it in 2006. Schmidt said in a keynote speech on Friday that he expected Google TV to launch in Europe early next year. On Saturday, he said Google had not yet resolved its differences with U.S. networks ABC, NBC and CBS, and hoped the company would not encounter similar problems for its British launch. "We certainly have talked to them about reversing their position and we certainly hope that won't happen here," he said, adding that Google was in talks with UK broadcasters. Like other industries disrupted by the Internet, the television industry is broadly suspicious of Google, fearing the company will steal its advertising revenues without contributing toward the high costs of programing. Google argues that the Internet can expand the total advertising market by providing better-targeted and more effective ads that will encourage companies to spend more. KNOWLEDGE SHARING Google could glean valuable insights into U.S. viewing habits from the $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility, which it announced last week. Motorola owns the world's largest set top box business and has close relationships with U.S. cable companies -- who have expressed concern about the acquisition. Schmidt said he could not talk in detail about Google's plans for that business until the merger was completed, but said there were "interesting ideas" about how it could help Google's existing television business. "We're intending to run Motorola, which would include the set top box business, as a completely separate business. That does not mean that there won't be communication between the two, and obviously sharing and knowledge sharing," he said. Schmidt also said British Prime Minister David Cameron would be making a mistake if he tried to shut down online communications during periods of social unrest. Cameron had asked authorities to look at the possibility of such measures in the wake of riots that tore through England earlier this month and were partly organized on Research in Motion's BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter and Facebook. Such moves have been widely condemned as repressive when used by other countries, especially during the Arab Spring uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East. "I think it's a mistake. I hope that's a clear answer," Schmidt said. "Whatever the problem was, which I don't really understand... the Internet was a reflection of that problem but turning the Internet on and off is not going to fix it." (Reporting by Georgina Prodhan; editing by Keiron Henderson) ]]></description>
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		<title>Google TV to launch in Europe next year</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 13:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Selers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Google's Chief Executive Officer Eric Schmidt poses during an interview with Reuters at Google's headquarters in Buenos Aires March 4, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Enrique Marcarian By Georgina Prodhan EDINBURGH, Scotland &#124; Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:34pm EDT EDINBURGH, Scotland (Reuters) - Google Inc will launch its TV service in Europe early next year, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Friday, despite teething problems that had led some observers to question how committed the company would remain to the project. Google TV, which allows viewers to mix Web and television content on a TV screen via a browser, was launched in the United States in October but received mixed reviews and was swiftly blocked by three of the top U.S. broadcast networks. Large parts of the television industry, like the news and telecoms industries, view Google with suspicion and accuse it of stealing their advertising revenues without contributing to the costs of making programs. Schmidt sought to allay the fears of Britain's broadcasting elite in a speech to the Edinburgh television festival, the first time a non-TV executive had been invited to give the keynote MacTaggart lecture at Britain's premier industry event. "Some in the US feared we aimed to compete with broadcasters or content creators. Actually our intent is the opposite," he told an audience who quickly warmed to his friendly style and liberal compliments to the quality of British television. "We seek to support the content industry by providing an open platform for the next generation of TV to evolve, the same way Android is an open platform for the next generation of mobile," he said. "We expect Google TV to launch in Europe early next year, and of course the UK will be among the top priorities." Google TV has gained little traction so far in the United States, and its set top box provider Logitech International SA slashed prices to $99 in July from an initial price of $299. Schmidt also included a warning to British television regulators, who he said were far more stringent than their U.S. counterparts and threatened to throttle the development of British television companies in an increasingly global market. "Stifling the Internet -- whether by filtering or blocking or just plain turning the 'off' switch -- appeals to policy makers the world over," he said. "Instead, policy makers should work with the grain of the Internet rather than against it." OPPORTUNISTIC Google has long held ambitions in the television arena, hoping to extend its online advertising business, which made $28 billion for the company last year, to the big screens that still command the lion's share of global advertising budgets. "If his ambition was to go there and convince the TV people he wasn't a big threat, I don't think he achieved it," said Keith McMahon, an analyst at research firm Telco 2.0/STL Partners. "The message I got was that TV is such a big market that Google can't ignore it. They're never going to give it up." So far, Google has had little success breaking into the TV market, despite its ownership of the world's most popular online video site, YouTube. Last week, however, Google agreed a deal to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion, handing it the world's leading set top box business which delivers content for many of the top cable TV companies in the United States. The headline attraction of the deal was Motorola's huge portfolio of wireless patents but the set top box business could help Google transform its TV project by giving it insights into pay-TV. Google has not spelled out its plans for the set top box business, and many analysts expect it to divest the unit at the first opportunity, having no experience or previous interest in running a hardware business. Others believe Google could change tack under CEO Larry Page, Google's co-founder who took back the reins from Schmidt in April and has already started a social network to compete with Facebook while ditching other projects. "Google describes itself as an opportunistic company. So while it may not have wanted to buy Motorola's operations, it may now assess whether retaining these assets can compensate for the risk of owning them," New York-based Nomura analyst Stuart Jeffrey wrote in a note this week. Schmidt made no mention of the Motorola acquisition or its implications on Friday, but will hold a question and answer session in Edinburgh on Saturday. (Additional reporting by Alexei Oreskovic in San Francisco; editing by David Cowell, Tim Dobbyn and Andre Grenon ) ]]></description>
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		<title>S&amp;P upgrades Google stock days after &quot;sell&quot; view</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 20:09:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A posed picture shows a Motorola Droid phone displaying the Google search page in New York August 15, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO &#124; Mon Aug 22, 2011 3:52pm EDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Recommendations to unload Google Inc stock are extremely rare on Wall Street. But the latest "sell" rating for the Internet company was so fleeting it existed for just three trading days. Standard &#038; Poor's upgraded Google's stock on Monday, giving it a "hold" rating, reversing its much-debated downgrade the prior week. S&#038;P had slapped Google with a Sell rating -- the only such bearish call on the Internet giant's stock among almost 40 analysts tracked by Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S -- after a surprise August 15 announcement that it will buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion. As with other investors and industry commentators, S&#038;P voiced concern about Google's plans to enter the smartphone manufacturing business, which could weigh on its financials and create conflicts with the other handset vendors who also license Google's Android software. Shares of Google have fallen more than 10 percent from their closing price before the deal was announced, trading just a whisker below $500 in the afternoon, compared to the Dow Jones Industrial Average's roughly 3 percent drop during the period. But while several analysts adjusted targets on Google's stock price following news of the deal, no other firm appears to have downgraded Google's stock, according to Thomson Reuters data. Scott Kessler, the head of technology sector equity research at S&#038;P, said the sell-off in Google's stock following the Motorola news had brought its share price down to the $500 target that he set for Google when he downgraded the stock. "It's very hard for us to say sell this stock when it's trading below its target price," Kessler told Reuters in an interview on Monday. The fact that the back-to-back Google downgrade and upgrade came from S&#038;P Equity, whose parent's unprecedented downgrade of United States sovereign debt this month roiled global markets and prompted discussion, made the move all the more striking. Kessler acknowledged it was unusual to see a stock's recommendation change so quickly. But he said the move was consistent with S&#038;P's approach to equity research. "If we made a change to our fundamental commentary or the target price, that would understandably be a little curious," he said. Google, the world's No.1 Web search engine, has 14 "strong buy" ratings, 20 "buy" ratings and 5 "hold" ratings, according to Thomson Reuters data. Google has no other "underperform" or "sell" ratings according to Thomson One (S&#038;P's research is not included in Thomson One). Although S&#038;P raised its recommendation on Google's stock a notch, Kessler said the firm's views of Google have not changed much. "We still have a lot of questions and concerns about this proposed acquisition and the impact it's going to have," he said. (Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic; Editing by Phil Berlowitz) ]]></description>
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		<title>Google makes bold bid for Motorola Mobility</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Related Video Google deal sparks speculation Mon, Aug 15 2011 Breakingviews: Motorola a win for Google, concern for others Stocks recover from downgrade drop 1 of 2. A Motorola Droid phone is seen displaying the Google search page in New York August 15, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Brendan McDermid By Sinead Carew and Alexei Oreskovic NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO &#124; Tue Aug 16, 2011 1:25am EDT NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc's biggest deal ever, acquiring Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc for $12.5 billion, is an attempt to buy insurance against increasingly aggressive legal attacks from rivals such as Apple Inc. The acquisition of one of the mobile telecommunications industry's most storied names is Google co-founder Larry Page's boldest move since taking over as CEO in April, launching the Internet giant into a lower-margin manufacturing business and pitting it against many of the 38 other handset companies that now use its Android software. Motorola Inc was split this year into two: Motorola Mobility, which got the faster-growing cellphone and TV set-top box businesses; and Motorola Solutions, which sells gear like walkie-talkies to corporate and government clients. Google is paying a massive 63 percent premium to gain access to one of the mobile phone industry's largest patent libraries. The company had been under pressure to build a patent portfolio after losing out to Apple, Microsoft Corp and others in a recent auction of bankrupt Nortel's assets. Unlike the Nortel deal and others, the fact that Google avoided having to compete in an auction for Motorola by engaging in exclusive negotiations for the company underscores the pressure it was under to bolster its patent portfolio. Paying such a rich premium even though it was the only buyer dovetails with analysts' view that the increasingly litigious posture its competitors have taken over intellectual property left the Internet search giant with no choice but to pay up. "No matter how you think about this, you have to look at it through the spectrum of the Android ecosystem under incredible attack from an IP (intellectual property) perspective. And this is Google going out and trying to fix that," said W.P. Stewart Advisors Chief Investment Officer Jim Tierney. "The biggest implication here is that Google wants Android to be one of the dominant phone operating systems for years to come." Wall Street quickly anointed Microsoft a winner in this deal, with Windows benefiting should the move spur current Android partners to explore other options. The deal also stoked speculation that struggling Nokia and Research in Motion would become takeover targets themselves, sending Nokia's shares up 17.35 percent and RIM's up 10.3 percent. Google made its first foray into hardware by co-developing the Nexus One phone with HTC in 2010 -- an effort that met mixed results. Monday's deal, however, could mark the start of a shift to an Apple-style model, integrating mobile hardware with underlying software. "Google decided to cross the Rubicon on the device side," said Fred Huet, head of telecoms and media consultancy Greenwich Consulting. "There has been growing frustration (at Google) about the lack and speed of internet centric devices. "With Nexus they tried to show the industry what they thought was the right evolution for handsets and it did not have an impact .... With the patents they make sure that Android stays strong." THE MORE THINGS CHANGE ... The acquisition is likely to draw even closer regulatory scrutiny than usual, with the search leader already the subject of antitrust inquiries. Experts will want to review how it affects mobile industry competition. But the deal -- which took Wall Street by surprise -- appears to mark a shift in strategy from Google's traditional Internet search and advertising empire and forays into video and social networking. "The danger is that other handset makers feel disenfranchised," said Nomura Securities global technology specialist Richard Windsor. "Motorola is the weaker player. This could actually collapse the entire community." Page, who also launched the ambitious Google+ social network since taking over as CEO, reassured investors on Monday this would not happen, saying Motorola will be run as a separate company licensing Android software in the same way as rivals like HTC Corp and LG Electronics. Phone makers including Samsung officially said they welcomed a deal that will aid their own legal battles, but some analysts questioned the sincerity of those claims, noting that rival companies would now be unlikely to heavily promote Android since it would benefit a direct competitor. Andy Lees, president of the Windows Phone Division at Microsoft, said in a statement that, "Investing in a broad and truly open mobile ecosystem is important for the industry and consumers alike, and Windows Phone is now the only platform that does so with equal opportunity for all partners." Some analysts also doubt that Google will continue manufacturing handsets in the long term. "We don't think they necessarily want to be in the handset business. They want those patents first and foremost," said Brian Pitz, an analyst at UBS. "This is really a game of protection." Analysts say that Google's rivals are likely to continue to enforce their patent rights on mobile devices through legal means. Microsoft, for instance, recently settled a lawsuit with HTC over the Taiwanese company's Android devices. Oracle is also seeking billions of dollars from Google for infringing on Java patents. Analysts expect Apple to continue its increasingly effective patent war against its rivals as well, which could hurt Google by potentially raising licensing costs that need to be paid to Apple. While Apple's iPhone leads in market prestige and is considered more innovative, Android has managed to quietly surpass it in market share. Android held a 43.4 percent share of the smartphone market at the end of the second quarter, ahead of Nokia's 22 percent, according to Gartner data. Apple ranked third with 18 percent, the data showed. Shares of Motorola Mobility jumped more than 55 percent on the news, while Google shares fell by roughly 1 percent. The deal values Motorola Mobility at $40 per share in cash, a 63 percent premium to its Friday closing price. The terms of the deal also features an unusually rich reverse breakup fee of $2.5 billion, according to a source close to the situation. "It's a deal that will take time to pay off, but they have a lot of cash and they want to chase after profit," BGC Partners analyst Colin Gillis said. The deal delivers a windfall for investors including Carl Icahn, Motorola's top shareholder with a stake of just over 11 percent. The activist shareholder had been urging Motorola to look into splitting off its patent business -- one of the biggest in the industry -- from its handset business, ranked eighth in the world by Gartner in terms of unit sales. In late July, Icahn even went so far as to estimate that Motorola could be worth $44 per share, or $13 billion in a sale. Despite cashing out for $4 less than what he estimated the company was worth, Icahn said he was "quite happy with this result." It's unclear how much Icahn spent on his stake in Motorola since he started scooping up shares in 2007, but regulatory filings indicate it may have been about $3 billion. His stake in Motorola Mobility is worth about $1.34 billion at the deal price, up by $520 million since Friday. Including his stake in Motorola Solutions, Icahn's total stake is about about $2.9 billion in the two companies. INTO THE LIVING ROOM As part of the deal, Google also gets Motorola's set-top box businesses, giving its nascent TV operation a much-needed boost by providing it with a more direct route into the home. Bernstein analyst Craig Moffett noted that Google, a frequent disrupter of the pay-television market via its ownership of YouTube and launching of over-the-top TV products that allow consumers to get streaming video in the home, will now be one of its largest suppliers. "It will be fascinating to see whether this tempers their enthusiasm for disruptive business models as they have to face the practical realities of satisfying their cable customers," said Moffett. "I think the cable industry would be delighted to see Google inside the tent." Google said it expects the deal to close by the end of 2011 or early in 2012, and that it was confident it would gain the regulatory approvals required in the United States and Europe and the blessing of Motorola Mobility's shareholders. Others aren't so sure. "The legal question here is would this deal give Google the incentive to make Android less open or somehow discriminate against the other smart phone and tablet makers," said Beau W. Buffier, a lawyer with Shearman &#038; Sterling LLP. "That will be the key issues in any review both here in the U.S. or in Europe." The fact that the deal has the support of other major mobile device players who have a stake in the matter should help Google in the regulatory process. Lazard advised Google on the deal, while Motorola used Centerview Partners and Frank Quattrone's Qatalyst Partners, sources told Reuters. (Additional reporting by Sayantani Ghosh in Bangalore, Nadia Damouni , Phil Wahba and Franklin Paul in New York, Lilly Kuo in Washington; Writing by Edwin Chan ; Editing by Peter Lauria , Richard Chang , Phil Berlowitz) ]]></description>
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		<title>Apple uses courts to buy time to secure iPad&#039;s market share</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:17:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Peter Drew</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Related Video Apple 2, Samsung 0 Tue, Aug 9 2011 A Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet (R) and an Apple iPad tablet in Seoul, August 10, 2011. Credit: Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak By Rachel Armstrong SINGAPORE &#124; Wed Aug 10, 2011 9:20am EDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Apple Inc's latest victory in its intellectual property battle with Samsung Electronics' is a step forward in its broader strategy of using the courts to help cement the unassailable lead its iPad has in the tablet market. The technology giant has just won an injunction in a German court that temporarily bans Samsung from selling its flagship Galaxy tablet in most of the European Union, having won a similar ruling in Australia last week. These injunctions are only preliminary measures and Apple will have to provide more substantial evidence in subsequent court cases that the design of the Galaxy infringed its patents or copied their designs in order to make any bans permanent. Such cases can take months if not years to come to court -- assuming there's no settlement first -- and if Apple loses it will be liable for the business lost by Samsung in the meantime. "Apple has a strategy of filing patents, getting some protection and trying to prevent other people from entering the market in the short-term," said Nathan Mattock, an intellectual property lawyer at Marque Lawyers in Sydney. "If Apple's wrong it will have to pay Samsung a considerable amount of damages, so it's potentially quite risky." TIME IS PRECIOUS But while risky, technology experts say pursuing this kind of strategy is worth it for Apple in terms of the time it buys their iPad to try and win an even greater market share. "It's a market that's developing very fast which Apple have the lead in, so regardless of the damages they have to pay if they lose, the longer they can hold off competition the better for their business," said Andrew Milroy, vice president of information and communication technology research at consultancy Frost &#038; Sullivan in Singapore. In Australia, Samsung has agreed to show Apple an Australian version of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 one week before its launch there, a Samsung spokesman said. In the first quarter of 2011, Apple's iPad accounted for 66 percent of the global tablet market according to market researcher IDC. However the growth of new products coming on to the market means that's expected to drop to around 58 percent by the end of the year. Technology experts say Apple is using the courts in order to try and stop that slide. "Using the courts is increasingly becoming part of commercial strategy in high growth markets where the opportunities are great -- it's a tactic to try and slow the competition down by whatever means you can," said Frost &#038; Sullivan's Milroy. Going down this route in German courts is particularly effective as it's easier to win a preliminary injunction forcing a company to remove its products from the market straight away than it is in the United States. Florian Mueller, who writes the software intellectual property blog FOSS Patents, said that these injunctions require evidence the products in question are causing harm to the right holder's business but "not the more complex kind of hardship and public interest analysis that is performed in the United States." SAMSUNG TO STRIKE BACK The competition ,however, is likely to strike back. Legal experts say Samsung will be preparing a multi-pronged case which will likely force Apple in to some kind of settlement allowing them back in to the market. "Samsung's case will be a combination of 'your patent's not valid, even if it is valid its scope is very narrow and we're not infringing it anyway, plus by the way you're infringing our patent as well'," said Kimberlee Weatherall, associate director of the Intellectual Property Research Institute of Australia. "It's posturing with a view to reaching some sort of settlement -- the stronger the position Samsung can put itself in with those multiple levels of argument the more favorable the settlement is likely to be," she added. It's not just Samsung that Apple's big name IP lawyers, including Freehills in Australia and Morrison &#038; Foerster in the United States, have in their sights. The company is also involved in legal action with Taiwan's HTC and Motorola Inc, alleging patent infringements by their smartphones. GOOGLE BATTLE All of these rivals to Apple use Google Inc's Android platform, and the legal action prompted a stinging attack from Google's legal chief last week. "They (Apple) want to make it harder for manufacturers to sell Android devices," Google's David Drummond wrote in a blog entry. "Instead of competing by building new features or devises, they are fighting through litigation." For now though Apple, whose strong sales mean it has built up billions of dollars in cash reserves, has enough money on its hands to finance both innovation and litigation. "Apple has got quite a war chest so it can operate in this way, and that in the short-term at least is going to lead to their market dominance and everyone is one notice of that," said Mattock at Marque Lawyers. (Additional reporting by Lee Chyen Yee in HONG KONG; Editing by Lincoln Feast ) ]]></description>
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		<title>The McAfee logo is displayed outside of the company&#039;s headquarters ...</title>
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		<dc:creator>Brad Selers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ (AFP/Getty Images/File) - The McAfee logo is displayed outside of the company's headquarters in Santa Clara, California, in 2010. The United States, United Nations, defense contractors and the International Olympic Committee were targets of a massive global cyber spying campaign, a computer security firm said Wednesday, with China seen as the likely culprit.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan) ]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Brad Selers</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 21:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Selers</dc:creator>
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