Korean electronics giant Samsung withdrew its Galaxy Tab 7.7 tablet from the IFA consumer-electronics confab in Berlin after Apple won a second injunction to block the tablet’s sale in Germany.

The Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple won the preliminary injunction on the sale of the Galaxy Tab last month in a court in Dusseldorf. Originally, the ban applied to virtually all EU countries, but the court later decided to limit the injunction to Germany, saying it had no authority over other nations.

Apple is accusing Samsung of copying its popular iPad in developing the Galaxy Tab. The two companies are locked in patent lawsuits in a number of countries in Europe, Asia and America.

Samsung has so far failed to launch its 10.1-inch Galaxy Tab in Australia as its patent lawsuit with Apple is still pending in the court.

The new 7.7-inch Galaxy Tab, weighs 335g and measures 7.89mm in thickness, and runs on Google’s Android 3.2 Honeycomb OS. It features a 1.4GHz dual-core processor and the same Super AMOLED Plus screen technology that is used in the extensively admired Galaxy S II smartphone.

Samsung claims that it has so far shipped more than two million Galaxy Tabs; however, that figure stands for shipments to retailers and not the number of consumers that actually purchased the device.