The initiator of the suit is a manufacturer of Cupertino. In February, he filed a lawsuit against Samsung, accusing the rival of violating four patents: 5,946,647 (method of data extraction), 8,086,604 (universal search technology), 8,046,721 (unlock by holding your finger across the screen) and 8,074,172 (completion words when entering text.)
The preliminary decision on the Galaxy Nexus, threatens Android-smartphone sales in the U.S. as a whole, because the techniques described in these patents Apple, apply to all devices on this platform: in particular, the method of removing the device from locking finger and predictive text input.
The reason for the positive decision of the court was under patent number 8,086,604. This patent describes the technology of universal search, which is the basis function in the Siri iPhone 4S and the new iPad. Its essence - search the various sources of data updates, what the user wants to receive. This technology, called S-Voice is implemented in the phone Samsung S III.
The preliminary decision to ban was issued by the judge, who previously took a similar decision regarding the sales in the United States tablet Galaxy Tab 10.1 . This decision is Samsung also intends to contest.
The ban on the sale of Galaxy Nexus will enter into force after Apple will make a deposit of $ 95 million these funds will be paid as compensation for the Samsung, if the decision to ban sales will be challenged. According to FOSS Patents, Korean manufacturers have already started preparing documents for the appeal.
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