Samsung and Apple's multi-front battle over patent rights have been concluded in at least one part of the world. Reuters reports that a Dutch judge has allowed Samsung's Galaxy S, Galaxy S II, and the Ace phone to be sold in parts of Europe once again. This comes after Samsung has made some updates to those phones that lift the patent violations that were first claimed by Apple a couple of months ago.
Back in August, Apple said that Samsung's phones violated a total of 10 patents, including copying the designs of the cases of Apple's iPhone. The judge threw out all but one of the patent claims, which deals with a feature related to scrolling or browsing through a photo library. The judge gave Samsung until October 14 to make sure this feature no longer violates Apple's patent. Samsung has now apparently done so to the satisfaction of the judge with a Samsung spokesperson saying, "We've fixed the technological problem and upgraded products to address the issue. They will be shortly available for sale."
While this battle is apparently over, the patent war between Samsung and Apple continues; Australia's ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet continues. A judge in that case is expected to make a final decision on that ban on Thursday. If it keeps the ban in place, Samsung may abandon plans to sell the device in that country completely. In addition, another court battle in the US between the two companies is expected to be held later this week.
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