Samsung Delays Apple’s German Design Lawsuits

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For Germans, a trip to Spain means sunshine. For Samsung Electronics Co., it’s a tactic to avoid adverse rulings from German courts on smartphones and tablet computers targeted by Apple Inc. lawsuits.

Cases covering five Samsung tablet and 10 smartphone models in Dusseldorf have been delayed for months by Samsung filings at the European Union Trademark Office in Alicante, Spain, in a bid to invalidate the intellectual property at the center of the dispute. The German suits over the design of the products are scheduled to be put on hold until the process in Spain is completed.