Apple wins preliminary ban against Samsung Galaxy Nexus in the US

[garyopa]

Apple found the right Judge...



Just after Apple won a preliminary ban on sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, well... seems that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus is next. Apple alleged that the phone violated 4 of its software patents.

That's right, just after Judge Lucy Koh granted a preliminary ban on sales of the Galaxy Tab 10.1, she's following it up with a similar granted request on the Galaxy Nexus.

The judge ruled today in favor of granting Apple an injunction against Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone.

That's the same device Google handed out to developers just a couple of days ago at its I/O conference. Apple had requested an injunction against the smartphone in February, alleging that it infringed on several of its patents. An injunction would keep the Samsung device from being sold in stores in the U.S.

According to Reuters' Dan Levine, the injunction can go into effect as soon as Apple posts a bond of "nearly $96 million." He added that the decision centered around U.S. Patent 8,086,604, which covers unified search functionality. Apple had cited three others in its original complaint.

Here are the four Apple patents that Samsung infringed on:

1. A means of detecting and marking up data like a phone number or an e-mail address, and then initiating a phone call or an e-mail when the linked data is clicked.

2. A means of searching multiple databases and sources for data.

3. A slide to unlock feature.

4. An autocorrect-type function that completes the word as a user types and allows the user to accept or reject the word.

The win is Apple's second against Samsung this week.

Samsung said that it's disappointed in the decision. Apple is happy:

In a statement, Samsung said that it's disappointed in the decision, and that it will take "all available measures, including legal action, to ensure the Galaxy Nexus remains available to consumers."

An Apple representative reiterated the same statement the company has run with since it took aim at the South Korean technology giant in a patent-infringement suit last April.

"It's no coincidence that Samsung's latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging," Apple said in an e-mailed statement. "This kind of blatant copying is wrong and, as we've said many times before, we need to protect Apple's intellectual property when companies steal our ideas."

Google said earlier this week that the Galaxy Nexus would be one of the first devices to get the upcoming version of Android 4.1, and its practically their flagship phone.

So, Samsung + Google Vs Apple. Who will win?

NEWS SOURCE #1: Judge grants Apple an injunction against the Galaxy Nexus (via) ArsTechnica
NEWS SOURCE #2: Judge-OK's Apple injunction on Samsung's Nexus phone (via) CNET

Our thanks to 'Gauss' for this news item!

[IJTF_Cinder]

Does that mean every device Apple has ever made will be banned? You know, seeing as NOTHING they've ever put out has been their own creation, and has been based in whole, or part, on something else...usually open source stuff they've simply stolen.

[garyopa]

Does that mean every device Apple has ever made will be banned? You know, seeing as NOTHING they've ever put out has been their own creation, and has been based in whole, or part, on something else...usually open source stuff they've simply stolen.

Yeah but the problem is they FILED the patent first, and got it granted, so it is theirs now, even if others built it or made it, or design it first. -- Just like their crazy wedge shaped hinge patent on netbooks, everyone was doing it first, but Apple filed it on the case design first, so now they can start going after every company that is making an ultrabook.

He whom runs to the patent office first even it is for STAR shaped screwhead, wins!

This reminds me of the '70s patent war, over TV tube gun masks, the SQUARE, vs. ROUND, vs. RECT. dots. -- One company patents the round, the other patents the square, the other patents the rect. and everyone sues everyone.

[billysastard]

apple seem to be taking the sony route, lower lawyers costs buy buying judges.

[msanchez]

.... *SIGH* I'm just quietly waiting for apple to patent breathing.

[DEDDOA]

Is the nexus that good then that it needs banning, after many years at the UKIPO I learned one thing, a good many patent infringment cases are not entirely about the infringement, well that and that all I got for the 150th Anniversary was a crappy tea cup and a party I couldn't go to as I had to stay cover the phones even tho I was only meant to do it for an hour then one of the others was meant to come back and do it, bastiches.

[msanchez]

Is the nexus that good then that it needs banning...

Yes it is... yes it is.

[MadonnaProject]

Wow cutthroat.