Samsung fights Apple on touch-pad ban

Samsung is fighting an injunction handed down in October that prevents it from selling its Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia in competition with Apple's iPad.

Apple was granted the injunction after arguing that the Samsung tablet infringed its touch-screen patent.

In the Federal Court in Friday, Neil Young QC, acting for Samsung, argued that it didn't.

In submissions made before lunch, Young outlined differences between the Samsung product and the Apple product, including the way the touch screens processed finger movements.

He said the Apple product processed imperfect finger contact based on the angle of movement, whereas the Samsung product relied upon one vertical and one horizontal channel.

This meant the same finger action could trigger different commands in the different products, he said.

"Samsung's method does not use an angle to determine which command is to be given."

Young said there were many competing products released by other brands including Acer, Toshiba and Motorola in the rapidly growing tablet marketplace.

"Samsung was an innovator and a market mover," he said.

"It stopped dead in its tracks."

Apple will make further submissions on Friday afternoon when the hearing continues.

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