Galaxy Nexus
Apple has filed another U.S. patent case against Samsung Electronics and is seeking a preliminary injunction require a federal jurist to halt sales of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone while the type makes its way through the court .
The lawsuit was charge Thursday inU.S. District Court for the Northern District of California , with a redacted written matter of the typeface made publicly usable Friday nighttime . The suit involves four Apple patents for technology that allows user to touch a phone bit on a internet page to dial the identification number , word position , Siri voice recognition and unified hunt , and the ability to unlock a smartphone by slide an image from one fix to another .
Galaxy Nexus
“ Sales of the Galaxy Nexus during this litigation will cause irreparable harm to Apple , ” the company pronounce in the lawsuit . “ The smartphone market is at a vital junction , as the overwhelming majority of consumer move to smartphones , and the consumers ’ foresightful - term preference and purchases may be determined to a outstanding extent by the operating arrangement on their first smartphone . ” The grandness of that initial leverage “ is on the dot why Samsung copies Apple ’s products and incorporates Apple ’s patent features , i.e. , so as to lure crucial first - metre purchasers forth from Apple . ”
Samsung ’s decision to trade the Galaxy Nexus in the U.S. “ is all the more egregious considering that Samsung did so in the face of this Court ’s anterior determination that Samsung ’s earlier equipment in all likelihood run afoul certain Apple patents and that sales of such equipment would likely cause Apple ‘ to lose market share to Samsung ’ that ‘ could patronage a determination of irreparable harm ’ , ” the late causa says .
Google and Samsung in October of last year unveil the Galaxy Nexus , which runs Ice Cream Sandwich , the latest version of the Android operating system . The Apple suit specifically targets Ice Cream Sandwich “ with its interactive features ” in the lawsuit , contending that Galaxy Nexus sale will mean that “ Apple lose not only market share in the smartphone market , but also an untold routine of sales in the broader wandering twist market . ”
Besides fall back potential iPhone customers to the Galaxy Nexus , Apple will also support “ incalculable ” lost sale for iMacs , Macbooks and Apple TVs , the company contends . Further , Apple will be deprived of gross it would have made through the iTunes depot for both digital media and apps sales .
Apple has filed case against Samsung around the worldly concern , claiming that Samsung products let in smartphones and tablets violate legion Apple patents . Apple has been granted injunction in a bit of the subject , with judges ordering Samsung to intercept selling specific products , as well as requiring the company to make change to its products . A German judge ruled last week that changes Samsung Electronics has made to the Galaxy Tab 10.1N are enough that Apple ’s intellectual attribute rightfield are no longer being impinge with that product . However , another judge in a separate German court rein that Samsung can go along to sell the Galaxy Nexus in Germany .
Apple contends in the new U.S. lawsuit that it “ has been forced to unrelentingly go after Samsung all over the humanity ” and “ yet while these grammatical case advance — even after this Court found Apple likely to succeed on its misdemeanor claims against prior Samsung devices — Samsung continues to launch infringing emulator products with impunity , all with the premise that homage , admit this court , will not hold on Samsung before the addition to Samsung , and injury to Apple , is virtually irreversible . ”
example of Samsung could not immediately be reached to comment about the lawsuit . The company has , however , go along to fight itself against the lawsuits Apple has filed worldwide .
