Galaxy Nexus pulled from Google Play store

[xytrius]

From the BBC:
Samsung has had to stop selling its Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the US after Apple paid a bond, bringing a court-ordered ban into effect.
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The Next Web reported that Google now planned a software update to its Android system to circumvent the ban.
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Google handed models out to developers at its recent I/O conference in San Francisco and had intended it to be the first phone to be offered the Jelly Bean Android update.
• the use of a single search interface - such as Siri - to retrieve information from a range of systems using a number of techniques
• the use of a sliding gesture to unlock a touchscreen device
• a text input interface that tries to anticipate which words the user wants to type and makes recommendations
• a way to manipulate structures - such as phone numbers or postcodes - within computer data

Source and full story:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18705285

From CNET news.com:

Apple has gone after the Android partners, which include HTC and Motorola Mobility (now a part of Google following its acquisition earlier this year), claiming that the smartphones infringe on its iPhone. The various companies are attempting to win a significant enough legal victory that both sides would be forced to the bargaining table to strike a patent licensing deal.

Full bans on products are rare, although HTC faced a short one for its One line of smartphones earlier this year.

Source: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-574...le-play-store/

[Manicdan]

wtf is up with apple

in particular to this point:
• the use of a sliding gesture to unlock a touchscreen device

my evo lte has 4.0 and i can either slide the ring up to unlock, or slide apps into the ring to open that specific app. chances are those features are more than 7% different than apples "slide to unlock" bar

i think this country need to rethink their rules when it comes to software vs physical inventions and patents. how much does whoever patented the "type password to unlock" idea make?

[Linchpin]

And this sort of patent trolling is why everyone I know as well as me personally are not buying another Crapple product ever again. They're showing us all what's wrong with our patent laws as well as our business system by constantly trying to monopolise the market by any pathetic means necessary.

[BrowncoatGR]

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Google handed models out to developers at its recent I/O conference in San Francisco and had intended it to be the first phone to be offered the Jelly Bean Android update.
• the use of a single search interface - such as Siri - to retrieve information from a range of systems using a number of techniques
• the use of a sliding gesture to unlock a touchscreen device
• a text input interface that tries to anticipate which words the user wants to type and makes recommendations
• a way to manipulate structures - such as phone numbers or postcodes - within computer data

Source and full story:
http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-18705285

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"• the use of a single search interface - such as Siri - to retrieve information from a range of systems using a number of techniques" any meta-search engine(prior art)
" • the use of a sliding gesture to unlock a touchscreen device " physical slide locks? i don't see how the interface device has a significant impact on the concept
" • a text input interface that tries to anticipate which words the user wants to type and makes recommendations" T9 keyboards?(prior art)
" • a way to manipulate structures - such as phone numbers or postcodes - within computer data " databases, all browsers, skype etc... wtf?

[FischOderAal]

These patents shouldn't have been granted in the first place...

[RPGWiZaRD]

WTF is up with Apple, if it's one thing I can't stand is abuse of patent laws.

If it was possible to "pay to fine Apple" I'd pay my share! No Apple product will enter my house ever.

[Starscream]

These patents shouldn't have been granted in the first place...

Indeed and it seems a judge in the UK agrees.

A Judge in the UK today ruled on a legal battle between HTC and Apple.
This was also about apple claiming to have patents regarding multitouch, slide to unlock and some gallery patent.

The judge said that Apples gallery patent was valid but that HTC didnt infringe on it.
Further he said that Apples patent on slide to unlock is non valid because another company has an older patent for the same tech.

His best ruling was that multitouch and text input interface that tries to predict your words are both things that cannot be patented in GB.

Ofcourse this rulling only applies to the UK but seeing those patents are EU patents HTC can use this rulling to declare Apples patents non valid in the other European countrys aswell.

[Sailindawg]

I'm quite surprised that Apple hasn't somehow saw fit to sue over the use of a mouse & keyboard. Spend more time designing / building quality technology and people will take notice. I'm tired of Apple's products that are nothing more than a portal to your wallet & bank account.

[EniGmA1987]

Someone started this to try and impeach the judge who is granting the injunctions such as the banning of the Galaxy Nexus:
http://www.change.org/petitions/vote...judge-lucy-koh

[kuroikenshi]

^^ already signed petition,

This should never be a market where asswholes dictate market outcomes in court.

[HuffPCair]

Apple will kill themselves off is how I am seeing it lately. Their upgrades to their devices have been a joke and they are suing more people left and right for the most idiotic stuff. I truly hope even the macfanboys start seeing how stupid this company is and just lets them slow drop off like RIM has.

[Chickenfeed]

This is getting retarded. Apples legal team is full of unethical people but the fact they were granted half of these stupid patents in the first place is the real problem. The system is flawed.

Hell, one complaint they argued is Samsung copied their design and general styling. Really? Thats like taking your competitor to court because they also make T shirts with 4 holes and a pocket. It has gotten way out of control. Banana you Apple, banana you very much!

If the Nexus 7 gets delayed I am going to be livid. What next Apple will claim they invented 7" tables

PS: Considering printing anti apple T shirts, whos game?!

[HelixPC]

I will never buy another Apple devic again, fk apple.

[Starscream]

This is getting retarded. Apples legal team is full of unethical people but the fact they were granted half of these stupid patents in the first place is the real problem. The system is flawed.

Hell, one complaint they argued is Samsung copied their design and general styling. Really? Thats like taking your competitor to court because they also make T shirts with 4 holes and a pocket. It has gotten way out of control. Banana you Apple, banana you very much!

If the Nexus 7 gets delayed I am going to be livid. What next Apple will claim they invented 7" tables

PS: Considering printing anti apple T shirts, whos game?!

Nah im pretty sure they claim to have invented tablets.

[Solus Corvus]

Nah im pretty sure they claim to have invented tablets.

I'm sure they will try, but they would be lying. Just one example:

acer_c110_tablet-1.jpg

Also, anyone remember this? LOL. Microsoft: the perennial fad-follower that never really gets it.

acer_c110_tablet-2.jpg

[naokaji]

Just a bit of a update:

Nexus sale ban lifted,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8650ZS20120707

The Trial starting on the 30th July could of course change things yet again, or maybe Apple will find another way to get it banned again before that...

[Erklat]

Well you have to give Steve Jobs a credit for taking a product which existed in the market for ages, and making it an object many desire. 6 years ago we called Nokia phones with Symbian a smartphone. It was iphone which defined the term smartphone as we know it now. I don't approve their methods tho and without him they are bound to slide.

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