Apple wins a preliminary injunction against the Galaxy Nexus; we're giving one away right this second!

it makes no sense why don't we see ford filing suit against gm for using headlights in cars why don't we see coke filing suit against pepsi for using sugar in soda if it wasn't for lawyers we wouldn't need lawyers.

Seriously I'm all for protecting your patents but come on Apple what the hell!!! Seriously I think they are worried that Android is making some serious noise as of late seriously.

On other note i want to win lol

APPLE, GO AWAY...

Patents! Apple! Free galaxy nexus, that's all I heard.

The patent system is being so abused but no one wants to put a stop to all this nonsense. Why because the patent attorneys out there are making so much money they don't know what to do with themselves. I wish that I had just a small fraction of the money apple and Samsung are pissing away fighting one another, I would use the money and buy myself a brand new Galaxy Nexus.

Even Capt. Hook would tell you bad form Apple.

The problem is there's too much ridiculous stuff that can be patented. The system has to be scrapped and we need to start over!

I love how apple says they don't want to sue and then they sue.

This better not affect me getting my nexus in the coming week cause i have to have jellybean!!

I REALLY NEED one.

Glad to see at least Google took the high road and did away with Apple bashing at I/O 2012. But then again why bash your opponent when you're clearing winning? Funny how when I think of Google words like openness and innovation come to mind and when I think of Apple the word totalitarian suddenly pops in my head...

Man....just work together and advance technology!!!

This is getting real old....

The patent war is compete non-sense. Apple is really showing the world that they're running out of innovative ideas, so much so that they starting to file suit against REALLY innovative companies. I was once a iPhone junky I bought into the hype then I bullied others to buy in as well. Then I tried my 1st android (Infuse 4G) then my awaking happen. Apple trapped me into their close minded system of BUY_BUY_BUY, but google was giving you everything for FREE that Apple sold you. To sum it all up Apple is mad that others are beating them at the game they created, so they are looking for any reason to shut those companies down so that they can possible have enough time to re-event the wheel and possibly dominate again....

THE END...!

If Apple spent their time and resources on good product development then they could have a great product. Litigation instead of innovation will be the companies undoing.

I cannot find any words to describe how terrible and unfortunate are the lame patents fights that Apple is utilizing to slow down the Android Army momentum. I can only see a fear from Apple not wanting to be surpass by Samsung and Google itself. I think the biggest problem lies in the fact that the patent business had became too greedy , how can you tell two company with obviously two products competing against each other where the customer is the winner that to abolish one of them because of stupid wording that are sometime revealing themselves as misinterpreted or simply not written in the correct proportion for it`s . I have a great Idea ladies and gentlemen , let`s explain to the first human being who had control the use of fire that we are now using it in our everyday life and that he needs to bring everybody in court . Technology is meant to be change and challenge , what is apple purpose by constantly looking to fight a patent war against Samsung while the main concern here is Google Android , Apple`s greatest fear. Galaxy Nexus is manufactured by Samsung , however android 4.0 is the main concern. Now Google is launching the nexus 7 , be prepare to see some form of patent fights when the sales figures emerged and that Apple find out that It is not only crushing the Kindle Fire but eventually taking some Market share off the Ipad too. All that I can say is let` s send out message Out Loud to stop these stupid patent fights costing million and million of dollars in Court while a better use of that money could have serve a well deserve donation for children in the world who can`t even found food and water to servive.

Apple's motto: Innovation through litigation...

The patent system needs to be abolished for code. There are different to achieve the same thing but judges don't dive far enough to understand that. Stop granting vague patents.

Fight the power..

its so stupid apple should really stop this i mean they copied android on notification center and Google hasn't done a thing about this maybe they should and sew the crap out of apple

its so stupid apple should really stop this i mean they copied android on notification center and Google hasn't done a thing about this maybe they should and sew the crap out of apple

The patents and lawsuits are legal bs. These companies should strive to better the competition, not ban their products. Consumers are smarter than they are being given credit for.

The patent war is bad for innovation.

I'm just tired of this. Apple is so unable to to stand a little fair competition that they would rather resort to crying to to the the ref. than just standing up and playing the game.

These patent wars are a joke and it seems obvious that manufactures, especially Apple are more concerned about losing sales than about the actual patents themselves. It's like they are throwing a public temper tantrum because they fear competition... PATHETIC. Apple... you have enough iSheep leave us Android lovers be... you're making me not want to by anything from Apple at all. Shame too because I like MacBooks.

I've ceased to give a f**k about the patent system and patent law. The system is beyond broken. Apple is being granted patents left and right for things that are not only prior art but also so obvious that they should not even pass muster when being considered as patentable. And these judges, don't even get me started. Most don't even seem to understand the technologies they're making rulings on.

They need to stop with all the lawsuits and let their products speak for themselves! Its ridiculious!

This patent bs has to stop somewhere. It only hurts us, the consumer. Apple has to be stopped.

The whole patent thing does not make any sense anymore. Someone needs to step up (perhaps a judge like we saw recently) and stop this..

I use Apple products...and even I admit that these patent wars are completely bat**** crazy!

Everyone needs to focus on making the best product available. Beat the competition but don't get in their way.

This is getting ridiculous.

It's understandable they need to defend their patents... but... when the lawyers fight, the consumers lose... On both sides, apple consumers and android consumers.

If you can't compete, sue. The silver lining here is that Google should be admitted to the case as an injured party at this point, and they should bring the full might of their "prior art" legal team with them. All four of the asserted patents are obvious based on prior art, and Google needs to do the grunt work to get them invalidated, since Samsung's lawyers apparently don't understand IP law well enough.

@Steve Cook - I was so impressed with the Retina Display Macbook Pro that I was considering getting one. Guess how over that shit is for me now?

Lame.

These patent wars are disgusting. If Apple would actually make a product worth buying they wouldn't have to eliminate the competition with patents and lawyers.

I would love to have one of these to develop on Jellybean with.
Best of luck to everyone here!

These patent battles just end up hurting consumers. Petty if you ask me.

This is getting ridiculous. I've said it before and I will say it again. All of the major mobile patttent holders Google/Motorola HP/Palm. RIM.and Microsoft all need to get together, pool their resources and sue Apple off the planet. Apple needs to STFU, die, or get zapped with so many licensing fees the cost of the iPhone and iPad double.

All this patent crap is getting ridiculous. Companies need to stop crying to judges about their patents and get back to outdoing each other.

Yeah, they need to do away with software patents entirely.

Can't stand the current patent system. With congress the way it is I doubt anything will be solved anytime soon. But with a brand spanking new Galaxy Nexus 'I' would feel better about the whole thing.

Booooo...urns, Apple.

Proof that patent reform needs to happen now.

This is so STUPID!!! Apple can suck it!

An Apple a day may keep the doctors away but not the lawyers at bay.

The irony...

Lets sue Samsung and Google since we all sleep in the same bed anyways....

this is absolute BULL!!! Apple is such a patent troll!!!

People killing, people dying
Children hurtin', hear them crying
Can you practice what you preach
Or would you turn the other cheek
Father father father father
Send some guidance from above
'Cause people got me, got me questioning
Where is the love

where is the love by Black Eyed Peas..

Where is the love Apple, where is it...

We the consumers are the real losers of these silly lawsuits.

Patents were to lets inventors enjoy the fruits of their innovations. But now include ridiculous broad ideas. When a company can go to court over patents on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches proves the system is broken.

There is nothing I can put into words that can quantify the idiocy of allowing companies with billions of dollars to patent and lay claim to owning the blatantly obvious.

The only solace I have is knowing at least those bastards at Apple have to pay more on Orbitz.

I am now ready for two things:
1. Ready for Google to boot up the WOPR and declare thermonuclear war on Apple.
2. Ready to win a Galaxy Nexus so I can give it to somebody in my family currently using an iPhone to make a new convert. :-)

Thanks, Android Central!

Apple and Samsung should have a good competition by focusing on imprpving their products, not by waging wars through patents! Patents just ruin the competition for example is the unified search. Nowadays it seems very common to all phones to have a unified search. Just let the people choose whoch functionality performs better! Another example is the so-called size and shape patent for the phone, do they expect other phone makers to build a triangular phone? This patent war really does not help in giving the consumers the right to choose.

As a would be patent lawyer, I always enjoy reading the comments here. I just want my galaxy nexus!

all this stupid patent crap is just nonsense because everything about smartphones is basically similar in function to another so that's infringing on someone's patent somewhere.

I really wish Apple would stop this... it's just annoying.

I ..... blah, blah, blah..... win...... blah, blah, blah........ Apple...... blah, blah, blah........ sucks.......... a lot.

What do you call 1000 lawyers holding hands under water??
A good start! ;-)

Patents schmatents. Quit trying to win an iPhone-oploly in court. Just make a better phone. Oh and I'd love a Gnex.

Really dislike that judges are still making bad decisions about patents that should never have been issued.

It's sad that Apple can't compete fairly so they resort to childish patent trolling. It's almost as if Hitler were the CEO.

Can't we all just get along!? Seriously?

The doushbaggary present within the "World Economy" seems to have no end... I truly miss the days when people actually worked together to accomplish greatness and it didn't require a Supreme Court Justice to delcair whom had the idea first! It's called "reverse engineering" and it's been used for decades / centuries by people to help create the "next big thing!" for whatever industry.

I'm patenting the world in general, so I WIN!!

It's really telling when a company chooses to try and compete by lawsuit instead of technology and innovation.

Its getting so wacky with these lawsuits you don't know who to believe.

Apple has to file patent lawsuits just to slow down the Android ecosystem. They know they can't beat a system that actually releases new hardware from multiple manufacturers consistently throughout the year and an OS that has major updates nearly twice a year.

The irony is that they sue companies because their phones are too much like theirs and then launch their newest iPhone with last years' Android hardware and many of the features from Android's software!

The problem with the software patent system is that companies purposefully make their patent as broad as possible and then work with the patent office to make it specific enough to patent but broad enough to trap as many others as they can. It stifles innovation and isn't good for anybody.

What's the reason this time? Because the GNex makes phone calls?

The reason apple does this is because they feel threatened.....huh shocker!

The fault lies half with Apple, and half with the government. Apple - because they are losing the smartphone battle and are trying to "win" by suing their competitors into bankruptcy. Government - for granting ridiculous patents in an effort to have the patent office make more money. 80% of the patents in the last 5 years shouldn't have been granted.

can't wait to git rid of my iphone and switch to android. This whole apple patent trolling makes me not want to support them.

Ugh consumers lose again.

while i understand patents protecting peoples ideas... patents just hurt the consumer. competition is good!

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Of course it's foolish. They're suing to coax a licensing deal out of it.

The United States legal system is a joke... This country is falling apart at the seams and these petty litigations are just representative of a bigger problem. It is really disappointing to see a company like Apple, who has been instrumental in bringing great products to consumers, deciding to take the easy way out and sue rather than step up to the challenge presented by Android and rise to the occasion.

Patents are a mess. Judge seems heavily Apple biased. Other judges have not fallen for this BS.
Apple no longer innovates - arguably it never did. They now sue and strongarm competition.

I will NEVER give a single dollar to Apple. It's BS.

Apple really sucks, they just don't want anyone to compete with their devices and this gives apple more publicity.

The practice of trademarking and patenting and copyright is in of itself ridiculous and inherently stifles innovation and growth. But the level to which the United States has allowed patents to get out of hand baffles the mind. I would, however, like to defend someone, the lawyers. A lot of the comments and even the original post blame lawyers for the childish back and forth between tech companies. It is understandable considering the lawyers are the face of the events happening. However, lawyers are bound to serve two people, the law and the companies they represent. If the U.S. Patent laws were not so broad and incomprehensible then the lawyers would not be able nor need to insistently file lawsuits. Another important player who should receive a healthy portion of the blame, is the companies themselves. Assuming a capitalist mindset (which I personally believe is part of the problem but I do not wish to make this comment any longer so will refrain from delving into it), the way companies are now trying to make money is fundamentally flawed and only serves to harm society as a whole. Instead of trying to innovate in order to gain an upper hand in the market, tech companies are using patents to push existing companies out of the market and to prevent new ones from entering. This keeps the progress slow, and therefore cheaper, as well as keeps prices artificially inflated. In short, if you would like to blame someone for all of these frivolous lawsuits, blame Congress and the companies who file the suits.

messed up indeed! after all the great stuff coming out of this weeks IO this just feels like a sad attempt by the once dominant player in the industry to desperately hold onto a market which is slipping out of their hands ... sad

As much as I hate Apple and I'm thankful that I've never bought an Apple product, the real problem is the US Patent office. Clearly these people that award the patents have no business making these decisions. Let's come together and better humanity not our share holders pockets. There should not be patents for software or processes. It kills competition and innovation. Tell Apple to stop suing everything it can buy not giving them your money.

Help me ditch this IPhone!!

I don't even care enough to say why I think what apple is doing is nonsense... Just send me the nexus!

It's all crap, espeically since over half of the patents that make the iphone "unique" are ones they stole, I mean procured, from Palm.

I get the fact that Apple wants to protect its assets from people copying it. However, the broad scope of those patents that Apple ends up patenting shouldn't even have ended up being approved. This is another example of Apple stifling innovation just to protect its company. Apple comes off as the bully here as innovation suffers. The Galaxy Nexus doesn't even have anything remotely similar to the iPhone or iPad. Competition is getting stamped out all right, not due to consumers' sales, but rather Apple using the law to its advantage.

The whole point of patents is to give someone an exclusive period of time to exploit their IP and make back the cost of producing it. They do NOT exist to try to knock someone else out of the market by filing overly broad and generalized patents.

This whole thing is just an idiotic abuse of the system. Apple can go to hell.

Apple really needs to stop all the nonsense with court and just go back to originality. They aren't offering what people want anymore so they use ridiculous patent claims to suppress companies from giving us what we want. We aren't all sheeples. Stop with the patents and be customer minded.

"Two Iphones walk into a bar...I forget the rest." Jellybean has propelled Android past any comprehensive mobile operating system and now Apple, is afraid. Apple may have popularized the touchscreen but Android elevates and continues to tweak, growth will plateau; but Android will be the first mobile os to make that leap into something different. Eclipsing the lines between user and computer and thus maybe a.i one day as the internet already is.

i hate patent!

Apple way of innovating

I am ashamed to say I own an iPhone right now. Apple needs to stop trying to play the victim card. It's obvious they aren't innovating quick enough to keep up with Google and Android, so they are trying to slow them down by any means necessary. I would really appreciate the Nexus so I could get rid of this blasted iPhone that doesn't do half of what the Nexus can do!

Honestly, this is simply stupid. who get an upgrade in 22 days? this guy. what phone is going to be unavailable at that time? this one. who is losing unlimited data and getting screwed over by being bumped down to 2gb/month due to lovely new "share everything" plans by Verizon? this guy. woo-friggen-hooo. screw patents. this isn't fair. give me hope?

Greed is what will start slowing down innovation in this wonderful world of technology.

Apple can't win the long haul because its tech has painted itself in a corner. These legal topicality arguments are a fool's errand. If not Samsung, it will be four other phone makers tomorrow. Adapt and evolve, Apple! Or better yet, fall off the tree already.

Oh, how the mighty have fallen.

This is seriously enough. We need to start a petition to the patent office to stop this shit. Apple is looking really pathetic right now and making our country look bad.

apple sucks

The entire patent system needs to be redefined, in my opinion. It is broken.

My girlfriend got herself an iPhone 4 last year. However, after seeing my GNote and reading about what Apple's lawyers have been doing to the competition, she wants to get out of the Apple ecosystem. We both agree that Apple is not the only culprit in this ongoing patent war, but they are definitely the worst.

20 to 1 says Judge Koh owns a MacBook Pro and an iPhone 4s. Gotta love favoritism in our legal system.

It's amazing to look back and see how much innovation has occurred in the mobile space in the last few years. These lawsuits are the result of the fierce competition and rapid advancements in this industry. Hopefully the innovation can continue and the lawsuits settle down a bit.

I think its all bullshit. I believe that when someone inspires (like apple) to make a brilliant smartphones better (like Samsung, etc.), there is room for inspiration. Patents shouldn't be a reason why any mobile company is in court. They are fighting for all the wrong reasons. Competition is just a word but success is an achievement and no one nor apple or Samsung or microsoft, etc should be knocked to the ground for that. It becomes a vicious cycle and that inspires other electronic company to fight for what is theirs. This shouldn't be but the word competition does exist. They need to minimize the negative and take it as credibility. We, as customers, know who the pioneers are when it comes to something we've never seen done in the mobile world.

This patent war is killing innovation, This wars are all about greed and power, This should stop.

Just in: Ford files lawsuit against Chevrolet for including doors on their newest models. Judge issues injunction to stop sale of all new vehicles in US.

I'm so damn tired of this garbage. I don't need new reasons to dislike Apple, but they seem to give me one every day.

As my grandmother used to say you can't get butter from a duck today I can apply this to apple. No matter how much apple fights it they'll never be able to stop android

The only thing more messed up than Apple enforcing BS design patents is that Google is not not stepping up to defend OEMs

Can't wait until the patent laws are reworked in America. The laws are only hurting the consumers.

Apple sucks period. After years on the top instead of innovation and moving forward to improve there phone they are trying to stifle the competition with ridiculous patent laws. I guess they go by if you can't beat em sue em. Have never nor will never buy an apple product.

The way Apple is playing the mobile game right now is infantile. When the iPhone was first released 5 years ago, it was and still is considered revolutionary. Then Google introduced Android, and has grown it to what is, in many opinions, a superior product.

But instead of putting their wonderful R&D department to work developing another revolutionary device, Apple has opted to throw their legal department at anything they don't like. I can't comprehend how an entire company manages to act like a 4 year old. "We don't like what you're doing because we don't feel special anymore. It's not fair so you have to stop."

What Apple is doing is unfair to business across the globe, as well as consumers. If they had it their way, Apple would force me to buy an iPhone and put Android in an early grave. What they fail to realize is that I prefer Android to any iOS device, and taking that choice away from me is unfair to me, the consumer, who ultimately will fund their paychecks.

I'm a photographer by profession and have always loved Macs for my business, but as Apple has continued this childish and low-brow way of conducting it's company, I am now boycotting them as a company.

Sorry for the rant, this kind of thing just gets me heated. And Apple has taken the cake for this absurdity.

A pox on Apple and the complete Hipster movement says I.

I just wish these companies would realize that there is no such thing as innovation through litigation.

You have to be kidding me...this crap for patents is out of control. Who the F cares!!

I really wish Apple would drop this unfruitful bull and start being innovative if not for them selves and their consumers.

Google brings their technologies to the I-pad and I-phone in an effort to bring a more open solution trough out all devices and all they get in return is Apple trying to stick them.

They have zero integrity as a brand or company, their products are overpriced and full of shortcomings, satisfying only the people who truly and honestly don't appreciate or understand open source innovation. It is no surprise that in order to try to stay afloat in this market they would resource to trickery and dishonesty. And so begin the patent wars,a series of pathetic lawsuits to try to break the competition by arguing about moronic topics such as device shapes and slide to unlock technology, really? What a huge lack of respect, not only for the Android community but for yourselves your customers and technology as a whole.
How dare you as one of the leading giants in this industry cripple the growth of technology in such a greedy way? You don't deserve the growth your company's growth or your customers loyalty.

If Apple really cared about anything or anyone other then themselves or their pockets they would drop this all together and encourage the growth of technology and real innovation by opening their products to society just like Google has done with their NEXUS line.

I say away with the fruity company and
LONG LIVE OPEN SOURCE!
LONG LIVE OUR BEAUTIFUL & AWESOME COMMUNITY!!
LONG LIVE GOOGLE!!!
LONG LIVE ANDROID!!!!
LONG LIVE NEXUS!!!!!

This patent is bs because it delayed my Evo Design and I had to wait an extra week to purchase it!

Apple is just a bunch of babies. They're scared of Samsung taking of over. Apple is a cult and I don't want any part of that!!

Apple is scared. We should rick-rolled them.

Don't tread on my Android!

This patent war is really messed up!
At this point I just don't care about it, I just wish it just ended because it's slowing down innovation and hey... who doesn't want innovative devices? ;)

can you say crazy?

Did you hear drug companies have started doing experiments on lawyers................ It turns out there are some things even rats won't do.

Apple Smapple...it's obvious they're afraid....using their "I'm going to tell mommy" tactics. Google should take this as a compliment. Any time you are doing great things, the attacks will come.

Keep it going Google!!!

I hate these patent wars. End of story.

At this rate I better buy all the devices I can. They will be a rare find once Crapple bans everything that even looks remotely close to something they think is theirs. Bad APPLE!

Gadzooks, what in Sam Hill is going on with these Scallywags!