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A reporter from Germany’s leading news agency DPA (Deutsche Presse Agentur) was first to report on Twitter that the Düsseldorf Regional Court once again upheld the preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 based on the alleged infringement of a Community design (a design-related intellectual property right registered with an EU agency) held by Apple. At this stage, the injunction is valid only in Germany with respect to Samsung’s Korean parent company. Only the German subsidiary is barred from selling across the border, but that doesn’t have any practical consequences.