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Galaxy Nexus Designed To Avoid Infringing Apple Patents

Posted by Unknown on from the samsung-looks-away-guiltily dept.

An anonymous reader writes with an except from an article on Geek.com about the Galaxy Nexus: "Samsung has been on the receiving end of many an Apple lawsuit in recent months, and in some cases a ban on selling its products. The Galaxy Nexus smartphone, which was unveiled last night, could also come under close scrutiny in the courts once Apple takes a look at it. But unlike previous Samsung Android devices, the chances of that happening are apparently going to be diminished or even non-existent. Shin Jong-kyun, the president of Samsung's mobile division, admitted yesterday that the Galaxy Nexus has been developed taking into account Apple's patents."

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  1. Proof positive by Sez+Zero · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Yay! Proof positive that patents encourage innovation.

  2. Interesting admission by jamrock · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Are they in effect admitting that their previous Android phones were ignoring Apple's patents? Samsung has not been doing themselves any favors recently, what with the "app wall" in their store display in Rome featuring icons from iOS, and the webpage for the Galaxy Player 50 (since removed) that showed a 2008 screenshot of the iPhone's Maps app.

  3. Re:I like it by ShakaUVM · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Heh, Apple would probably photoshop a rotary phone to look like an iPhone...

    http://www.dailytech.com/Apple+Caught+Using+Photoshop+to+Fake+More+Pics+in+Lawsuits/article22500.htm

  4. Get used to it, they all do it. by Moridineas · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If companies suing each other over patent issues leaves a bad taste in your mouth, you might want to just abstain from using cellphones at all.

    This is a year old (I had seen a more recent one, but can't find it now): http://flowingdata.com/2010/10/11/mobile-patent-lawsuits/