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Apple has requested a ban on sales in the U.S. of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone, claiming that the showcase for Google's heavily touted Ice Cream Sandwich version of the Android operating system violates four Apple patents.
According to Florian Mueller at Foss Patents, Apple brought a motion for a preliminary injunction against the device on Thursday with the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. A public, redacted version of the filing was made available late Friday, and the motion was filed simultaneously with a new federal lawsuit, Mueller reports.
The motion, Mueller says, is based on four patents: a "data tapping" patent, a patent involving Siri and unified search, a new slide-to-unlock patent, and a word-completion patent for touch-screen entry of text.
The unified search patent, which involves voice assistant Siri's way of searching the Net, could be a direct threat to Google's core search business, Mueller says, and he adds that the word-completion patent may cover functionality involved in Google's mobile search app.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57375847-37/apple-seeks-u.s-ban-on-galaxy-nexus/?tag=epicStories
Since when have you been able to patent a swipe motion?
tridim
(45,358 posts)When they figured out how to swipe their cult member's cash every year for MAJOR!!11 hardware upgrades.
Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)Logical
(22,457 posts)Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)eShirl
(18,503 posts)Atman
(31,464 posts)Apple should have just hired the DU firm of Basher Hater & Geek PC. They could have saved some more money using homemade litigation, and protected their ginormous profit margins.
Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)I'm poised to make billions with my patent of the left mouse click.
Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)msongs
(67,441 posts)Pholus
(4,062 posts)http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/09/owning-the-stack-the-legal-war-for-control-of-the-smartphone-platform.ars
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/12/is-apple-is-using-patents-to-hurt-open-standards.ars
I guess as your market value grows, so does the number of lawyers you employ and they have to act like they're working too.
Snake Alchemist
(3,318 posts)It's an interesting way to control the market. That is for sure.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)putting things in your pocket, and the letter "i".
dems_rightnow
(1,956 posts)I already HAVE things in my pocket. How much will I owe them?
hughee99
(16,113 posts)I have an "i" in my name. I'm waiting to see what the damage will be on that now.