Apple wants the Galaxy Nexus is banned in the United States. The software on the phone would infringe on four Apple patents, inter alia, on the spell and unlock the screen.
That Apple has to the court in California asked. The company asks for a preliminary injunction for an injunction on U.s. Galaxy Nexus, which differs from the version in Europe is sold and also does not work on European gsm networks. The four patents that the phone according to Apple, infringes, however, concerns the software of the device.
This is the move of the Apple is also an indictment of Android 4.0. On the Galaxy Nexus running the standard version of Android, so the features which, according to Apple patents, are present by default on Android phones and tablets with the latest Android version.
According to The Wall Street Journal, the chances are not very great that the court agrees to an injunction. That are assigned only when there is an urgent interest. The preliminary injunction is not assigned, then the Apple lawsuit begin to ban together.
Apple takes the slide to unlock feature of Android 4.0 on the grain. In november proved that Apple is a modified version of its slide to unlock patent was assigned and customized patent is now being deployed against the Galaxy Nexus. The company from Cupertino complains also about three other possibilities, including the recognition of certain data structures on web pages. It is clickable, e.g. phone numbers, postal addresses and dates referred to.
Another patent that Samsung would violate covers unified search, which makes it possible to from a single search field, both on the internet and local search. The patent that Apple in Siri has been processed, the Quick Search field on the Galaxy Nexus are being violated.
The most remarkable patent that would be infringed is all about correcting words, better known as autocorrect. This functionality is on almost every smartphone available, but not only that, but also older phones offer this ability, more or less, in the form of T9. Also have word-processing functionality for years on board; some common mistakes are automatically corrected.
According to Apple, try Samsung to free ride on the success of its products and trying to be the buyers of Apple products to lure by smartphones and tablets to imitate. The companies are embroiled in a patentenstrijd that increasingly fierce seems to be, and ask repeatedly to be prohibited on each other’s products. In Germany took Apple the Galaxy Nexus already on the grain, but the judge gave the company no right.