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Apple Launches New Legal Attack On Samsung

Posted by samzenpus on from the history-repeating dept.

walterbyrd writes "Apple Inc has asked a federal court in California to block Samsung Electronics Co Ltd from selling its new Galaxy Nexus smartphones, alleging patent violations. In a suit filed last week in San Jose, Apple said the Galaxy Nexus infringes on patents underlying features customers expect from its products. Those include the ability to unlock phones by sliding an image and to search for information by voice."

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  1. Voice Search by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ....has been on Android long before it was on iOS. I guess we know Apple is going to use their warchest to be anti-competitive.

    Yay software patents.

    No slide to unlock? Perhaps we should make a "place genitals here" unlock mechanism. At least that may not be patented yet.

  2. More to follow? by jamesl · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This will become interesting only when Apple files suit against Microsoft (one if Apple's largest shareholders) for searching for information by voice -- a long time feature of Windows phones.