Today’s mobile news roundup features: Apple winning an EU-wide injunction as Australia case moves forward; Samsung adopting CSR aptX audio codec; and Nokia’s latest acquisition.

Apple wins EU-wide ban on Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7

The Dusseldorf Higher Regional Court in Germany has granted a very important injunction for Apple: the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 is now banned from being sold in countries that are part of the European Union.  But the same court denied their request to employ a similar ban on the Galaxy Tab 10.1N.

Samsung is of course disappointed and happy at the same time.  Happy for the 10.1N ruling, but plans on appealing the 7.7 ruling.

In Australia, Apple admitted that they’re using 3G which Samsung has a patent for, but argues that they use it in a way that’s different from the patent description.

The Samsung Australian Patent, number 2005202512, describes 3G as a “method and apparatus for data transmission in a mobile telecommunication system supporting enhanced uplink service,” so Apple is arguing in court that they do not use 3G in the same way, therefore not infringing anything.  Samsung has no clue as to how Apple uses 3G in the iPhone 4/4S and iPad 2, and they want Apple to reveal how they use 3G to prove that they are not infringing their patent.

When the Australian hearing started yesterday, the judge asked the two parties why the case should continue.  Apple claimed that they wanted to pay for the licensing fees but Samsung refused to accept it and claimed that Apple did not want to settle the dispute.

“Apple has not refused to negotiate with Samsung. Apple continues to be willing to negotiate on FRAND terms for Samsung’s standards essential patents, including the three involved in this suit,” Apple’s lawyer said regarding Samsung’s claim that Apple refused to settle.

In other Apple news, the iPhone maker is expected to release their Q3 earnings report today and everyone’s expecting to see lower than usual numbers as people await the arrival of the iPhone 5.  But analysts are saying that Apple can still surprise them since Apple released the new iPad in the previous quarter, with sales probably boosting their numbers.

Nokia acquires people, technology and IP from Scalado AB

Last June, Nokia announced their intention to acquire the talent as well as all technologies and intellectual property from Scalado AB, and now the acquisition’s been completed.  As part of the deal, some fifty imaging specialists from Scalado AB are heading to Nokia.

“We believe that this acquisition will strengthen Nokia’s leading position in mobile imaging and provide us with a great opportunity to create even better imaging products and applications,” said Jo Harlow, executive vice president, Smart Devices at Nokia. “We welcome the skilled and passionate professionals from Scalado to Nokia and are excited to have them work with the rest of our talented and dedicated imaging experts to bring world-class imaging solutions to our Nokia Lumia smartphones. The Nokia team is already responsible for many leading innovations in mobile imaging and, together with the experts from Scalado, we aim at astonishing the world with new, outstanding imaging experiences.”

The acquired talent seems happy about the acquisition, excited to apply their imagery skills for the transformation of taking photos into “capturing memories and emotions”.

Samsung’s new take on smartphone technology

CSR announced that Samsung will be using their CSR aptX audio codec in their next generation smartphones to deliver CD-quality stereo over Bluetooth wireless connectivity,

“Having the aptX audio codec in this Samsung smartphone reaffirms our success in the mass market adoption of this technology as the de facto method for delivering high-quality stereo audio over Bluetooth wireless connections,” said Anthony Murray, Business Group SVP of CSR. “As consumers experience the remarkable audio quality it achieves, we believe the proliferation of aptX technology in consumer electronics products such as this will be a catalyst for growth in the Bluetooth stereo audio market.”