A preliminary assessment in a German court this week suggests that Apple probably won't secure a ban of the Samsung Galaxy tab 10.1N in that country. The court believes that the recently-redesigned Tab 10.1N has "moved away sufficiently from the legally protected design," said Judge Johanna Brueckner-Hofmann. Note that this is a preliminary statement and that ruling is scheduled for February 9, 2012.
You'll remember that Samsung redesigned the Galaxy Tablet 10.1 after the court ruled in Apple's favor. The 10.1N features an altered bezel design and relocated speaker, and is an attempt by Samsung to get around Apple's assertion that the Galaxy Tab design is just too close to that of the iPad. It seems like J
