The articles are about Samsung's first, 7", Froyo based tab. The 10.1 and 8.9 Honeycomb tabs are selling so well, that they are nowhere in stock (you are given about week delivery time on order). And yes, that's in Europe, German judges have jurisdiction only in Germany, nowhere else.
http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2011/01/31/samsung-galaxy-tab-sa...
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2392422,00.asp
And that's not even considering the patent mess that has killed the product in Europe.