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Move #2:
Samsung Only a week after Apple's first lawsuit,
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files Apple with a court in Seoul, South Korea;
lawsuits 5 2 3 Toyko, Japan; and Mannheim, Germany.
against
Apple in
Korea,
Japan and
Germany
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Northern District of
Mannheim (GER)
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http://fosspatents.blogspot.com
Twitter: @FOSSpatents
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Reference United States District Court for the Northern District of California
material Case no. 4:11-cv-01846 -- complaint filed on 15 April 2011
Apple's design-related intellectual property rights are asserted specifically against the Galaxy proucts.