The Regional Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, Apple has granted a preliminary injunction against Samsung, preventing the sale and marketing of the device in Europe - except the Netherlands. The court sided with the claim that the Apple device, Samsung has infringed Apple's patents and copy parts of the iPhone 2. While Samsung may appeal the ruling will not be able to do so for at least four weeks.
Europe is the second continent to ban the sale of the device in these lands after the release of the tablet was delayed in Australia on 1 August. The tablet to hit the U.S. market June 8.