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Sale of Galaxy Nexus Banned in the US

Posted by Unknown on from the courts-give-up-and-ban-everything dept.

New submitter busyqth writes "After the injunction against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 earlier in the week, A U.S. district court judge has now also granted an injunction against the sale of Google's flagship ICS phone, the Galaxy Nexus. Is Steve Jobs laughing in the great beyond? Is this the beginning of the end for Android?" Two blows to Samsung in one week, and now the FTC is investigating Google for misuse of Motorola Mobility patents in relation to RAND standards.

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  1. Well they are both rectangular by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    And I once walked into a store and banged down hundreds of dollars for an iPad only to find once I got it home it was a Samsung Galaxy tablet. Perhaps the words on the box, the different software, the different colour, the different interface should have tipped me off, but heck, they were both RECTANGULAR with a BUTTON.

    So judge Koh is protecting poor people like me, who desperately want an iPad but accidentally buy a competitor that out powers it, out functions it, comes in a wider range of varieties and is developing faster than it.

    Incredible to think a single person can do so much good for the world and all without any bribe money!

    1. Re:Well they are both rectangular by TemperedAlchemist · · Score: 5, Funny

      Pah! Just wait until Apple catches wind that I own the patent for rectangular boxes!

    2. Re:Well they are both rectangular by JustOK · · Score: 5, Funny

      Ford sues GM cuz "their's looks like a box with wheels and it goes vrooom vrooom, just like ours. It cornfuses people, make 'em stop."

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    3. Re:Well they are both rectangular by Shadow+of+Eternity · · Score: 5, Funny

      Shouting to a room of grad students or interns?

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    4. Re:Well they are both rectangular by Sulphur · · Score: 4, Funny

      Apple is in danger of triggering Armageddon. Google has been fairly good natured so far, but if they decide to start a war things can only get worse for the consumer.

      We need to put a stop to this. Patent reform is the only way.

      Patent reform from low earth orbit, its the only way to be sure.

    5. Re:Well they are both rectangular by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      On the surface of it, it sounds awfully stupid to me

      Stupid or not, Surface is a registered trademark of Microsoft - pay up.

    6. Re:Well they are both rectangular by Piata · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is the best car analogy in the history of Slashdot.

  2. windows 8 will destroy Apple by Jackie_Chan_Fan · · Score: 4, Funny

    Watch out. Fuck the iphone. Windows Phone is the futucha

  3. Re:Patent trolling is the new iWhite... by wonkey_monkey · · Score: 1, Funny

    Have you actually used a Galaxy Nexus? I have one in my pocket right now.

    So you're not just pleased to see me?

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