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

By Phil Nickinson  | Jun 29 2012 | 7:41 pm  | 4944 Comments

Galaxy Nexus

Apple ... blah blah blah ... Google ... blah blah blah ... Patent ... blah blah blah ... Search ... blah blah blah ... Banned ... Blah blah blah.

Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a shit. Lawyers are doing what lawyers are wont to do. This is only growing more ridiculous with each passing day.

In fact, here's how much I don't care. We're going to give away another Galaxy Nexus right here, right now. Because despite this ruling, they're still shipping. It's just lawyers being lawyers.

Here's how to win: Leave a comment in this post about how messed up all this patent nonsense is. We'll pick a winner by noon EST Saturday, June 30. Everyone's invited. Not just in the U.S.

Here are a few links about today's news, if you still wanna read more: Reuters; FOSS Patents

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johacoco says:

same old story with these patents! it is apple's way to whine and whine

romeoin501 says:

Simply UGH

buddepatrick says:

What I find odd about these patents that are issued is that all seem obvious. Things that are obvious cannot be patented...I should just make a list of everything I think would be awesome to have added to a phone and then sue Apple when they add my obvious patent to their phone.

Unibrow says:

I'm ready to give t-mobile a whirl and this phone obviously would be helpful in that operation. This patent stuff is beyond stupid though. Needs to go away stat

Jaskil1975#IM says:

Patent wars.... Who cares is there really anything truly innovative anymore anyway?

DMD9 says:

This is all gonna blow up in Apple's face yet. Patent system needs an extreme overhaul and the judges involved need to be investigated just to make sure. Apple may have just sealed their own future....

effinay says:

Don't like the cards you've been dealt? Sue somebody! Right, Apple?

rockigirl says:

Unbelievable! Focus on your own business instead of getting into everyone else's apple!

SandersJC1964 says:

I'm waiting for Skynet to step in an go all cyborg on Apple's ass. I knew John Conner, and Steve Jobs is no John Conner.

Blackdot99 says:

One more battle in a never-ending legal war where we, the consumers, are the ultimate losers.

umpirerob says:

Once, Apple was cutting edge... Now they are just patent trolls. Disheartening given their roots.

graffixnyc says:

Apple is playing dirty. They feel VERY threatened by Android. It just shows they are big puss*** that cant compete the good old fashion way. They are such little bit**** It's pathetic...

brown3h says:

Are you fucking kidding me? An injunction for what? It looks nothing like their POS phone, and the OS is nothing like their POS OS.

Lightning807 says:

These companies need to stop fighting over patents that are not innovative at all. Heres a generic design, its mine. Create unique stuff and patent that. leave the general stuff out.

heikkib says:

Screw the damn lawyers

silencerx614 says:

Apple can Patent these balls in their mouth....

GreyCelt says:

Someone who has an iPhone should ask Siri what the definition of competition is. She'll probably say "Competition = filing Patent lawsuits"

I can see John Malkovich asking Siri now...

pitchdarkice says:

endless nonsense which leads to no good and a waste of our tax dollars. this doesn't help innovation

opd302 says:

The government really needs to put a stop to this nonsense. If only the majority of the public new how petty Apple is becoming.

d3z says:

Patent Troll: Who's that trip-trapping over MY bridge. (you really have to say that in your best trolly voice. Your Shrek voice _might_ do it)
Giant Green Android: It's all your users following me to my happy place.

LETS INNOVATE, NOT INSULATE !!

triangle8 says:

Apple is full of shit. We should just call them crapple.

DBox says:

I banned all Apple products from being shipped to my house and I didn't even need to file a lawsuit.

SMD says:

Possibly the best phone on Verizon
Android 4.1 ready
Thousands will enter this drawing
Everyone imagines themselves winning
No one really knows how far Apple will take this
There doesn't seem to be an end in sight
Where do we draw the line between invention and advancement
Already millions of dollars have been wasted in this endless fight
Right when everyone thinks its over, another court rules, another injunction won
Samsung Galaxy Nexus is banned and this round is over, for now...
So what do I do?
Using nothing but Acronyms
Comment in this post about all this nonsense
Knowing, not imagining, that AC likes to reward a good, thoughtful post.

noschvt says:

This is getting really silly. Why is this lawsuit not against Google themselves? The galaxy nexus is stock android and not changed by Samsung. It would be nice if Google stepped in and helped out Samsung.

VictorMun says:

Well, this is actually something quite interesting. We all know the strategies that Apple has been using over the past few years regarding patents. It's easy to remember how they stopped the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to be sold on Germany for a few months. And well... someone has to say it: it benefits no one.

We all (Android fans) have to thank Apple for making the smartphones something fashionable and that everyone wants to have. The competition between companies has always been great for the consumer, since we have been able to take advantage of the innovation and the ideas of the different companies. But what Apple is doing right now is stopping those advances and updates. This patent-war is really useless and, from my point of view, it's just a way that Apple has to get more costumers and stop Google.

They should focus on what really matters: developing. I think it's better to win costumers with a great system and a great phone rather than with law/court-battles.

rv11111 says:

I love patent drama! Because it gives me a chance to win an awesome phone!

genoist says:

Perhaps Apple should get back to refining the innovations of other companies instead of suing companies that have nothing to do with Apple.

happymfeet says:

I'd like a Galaxy Nexus.
PS: apple is has the worst business practices.

raremage says:

I'm so fed up with Apple's BS lawsuits that I decided to switch off the iPhone back to my old TBolt. Still trying to find a more current Android device to fit my needs, so count me in!

SaltySnack says:

Seriously all this non sense is bullshit. I say put the two of them in the octagon and just be done with it.

ebphd says:

Apple needs to knock it off and spend more time/money innovating.

webbie2 says:

Apple is so stupid. There just scared that Google is better than them! Google for life!

Maven454 says:

Our patent system is retarded. The ability to patent something like initiating a phone call when clicking on a phone number is like patenting a process for sitting on a chair in the physical world.

Tango6 says:

Stop the WAR!

Stupid fighting.

jtcarnes says:

This whole patent thing is so ridiculous. It reeks of desperation on Apple's part...

keithdiggs01 says:

I hate how the patent system is being used to block sales of competing products. Apple is being too lawsuit happy.

TheR1Rob says:

Such bull shit. Glad I got mine :p

Samster3 says:

Damn and to think I was saving up to get one soon!!

Im really mind blown at the patent and how the Lawyer granted this injunction. Its ridiculous timing too, just after jelly bean was announced and I bet this was going to get an upswing in sales. I think Apple should get its patent portfolio looked at because these patents are ridiculously vague. What the hell are they thinking? That they are going to monopolise the smartphone market?

This is truly horse-shit! Soon if nobody steps up to them they are going to patent the tv. OOOOOORRRR better yet patent their commercials.I swear to god every time I hear that harp playing I dont have to look at the tv I know its a macbook pro with retina display :(

JEEEEEEEEEZ this is depressing!!

yLev says:

Apple be tripping. Try some innovation of your own - instead of repackaging tech and suing others for it.

JDFlint says:

Funny how the Apple fanboys I know still think Microsoft is the money hungry bullies...

mauganra says:

I think a lot of the patent that are being used in all these legal cases are overly vague and should be tossed out.The ones that are about design and style should also be tossed. The design and style should take a note from the fashion industry.Here is a video about what I am talking about.

http://blog.ted.com/2010/05/25/lessons_from_fa/

But this is just my 2 cents

EboMike says:

If you can't beat them, sue them. Guess this is a good sign that Apple is realizing their product is inferior. Now if we could get rid of this idiotic patent system already so it can't be used as a weapon... that would be grand.

benga says:

Blah

a_bula says:

Apple is afraid of competition.

gmonkey88 says:

Apple can go to hell! Pick me for that giveaway Galaxy Nexus.
Thank you Android Central for bringing the best in Android News.

dsunshine says:

its awful

1if3 says:

apple just wants a monopoly plan and simple, sad. instead of competing, lets sue them and take over the mobile industry.

Wolfroid says:

Am deciding over One X and Galaxy Nexus for 10 days now, and you say this to me!!
Now i definitely don`t know which to buy, and am burning to have one Droid device!;)
Apple, Down Boy!!

pnune says:

The patent system is supposed to promote competition, not be a means for one company to bully others in order to decrease their market share. Please give me a galaxy nexus so I can show all my friends how much better it is than their silly iPhones.

djyoyo says:

I just tossed my iphone out the window!!

Stllegend says:

Why can't Apple let Android be great?

danuff says:

Now come on, I am an Apple fanboy and even I think this is getting insane. What's Apple afraid of that they are suing everybody all the time???

eullerbarros says:

They should waste more time innovating than fighting in court...

calrayray says:

SMH

Dato K says:

The judge-Yet another Apple fanboy..

Dato K says:

The judge-Yet another Apple fanboy..

HighDef says:

Apple doth sucketh for itth thtupid patent trolling.

bamakid366 says:

the loosers are the stockholders loosing profit dividends to pay the legal fees.

shekki says:

It's ridiculous that Apple is so afraid of competition that they have to file lawsuits against them. They have lost any sort of respect from Apple after hearing this.

hoyounglee11 says:

Apple=patent troll!!!!!

vinny jr says:

Just looked over on the I-More website, sister site to Android Central and they are so freaken happy you think that Apple just became President. I laughed because the only thing that is on that website is law suites and Apple cases for sale. There is nothing gong on as far as Apple software updates, nothing new on Apple's front for anything. Their entire website is like a child waiving their hands because of a preliminary court ruling. This will guaranteed get thrown out. Android had voice commands long before Apple, this Judge obviously is a complete ass or is in Apple's pocket, doesn't matter this will get thrown out. Apple will never slow down this thig called Android by Google.

mcross72 says:

Apple is scared to death that their going to keep losing market share and there trying to fight back the only way they know. They should just wake up an smell the coffee, they are now the small fish in a very big pond. I always root for the little guy and apple isn't the little guy just yet. When apple stops filing law suites that's when you know their hurting for money. I'm beginning to think our patent system is run by school kids and judges that fall for apples reasoning a bunch of morons.

I want a nexus!

jonmall says:

Lawyers trolling the patent system. It's not their fault the system is broken, even if they are taking advantage of it. The whole patent system in the US needs to change before these trolls can be stopped!

Tipton21 says:

This is so stupid and going against what patents were invented for ... this is actually stifling innovation. Google's new Android operating system 4.1 "Jelly Bean" that was just sent to the Nexus devices is amazing. The best I have seen in mobile devices. It is actually quite superior to iOS 6 even (which isn't even out). So I understand Apple's worry. I'm all for the next best thing (whether it's Apple, or Android, or Electric Cars), but to stifle that right when it's pulled out of the bag is beyond ridiculous ... TVs look the same, laptops look the same, shoes look the same. Many programs do the same thing ... it's about who does it better and who provides the best support. Macbook Air "wedge" patent ... really?! What if I like both Windows and the "wedge" shape.

Apple and their bagillion patents are going to stifle innovation for the next 10 years if they keep this up. "Universal interface for retrieval of information in a computer system" is patent against the nexus ... shouldn't every be getting angry and worried about this? How is this even a patent? Yes, I know other companies sue for patents (which I stated that I support the purpose of patents) ... but just take a look at the actual ones Apple is going after!

So now technology in these areas has to advance at Apples pace with all of their insane patents. Great ... thanks Apple. To think I once supported you as much as I did makes me feel sick.

GEO530 says:

Disappointed in how all of these companies have reacted to multiple patent disputes. I hope more judges continue to close cases such as the Motorola Vs. Apple case.

scg1981 says:

This is absolutely poppycock!

5nead says:

Nice to see Apple realize this is their only hope of gaining market share back. Would love a nexus

mosler says:

just because apple is evil.

murof says:

the whole patent process needs to be restructured. Not just because of apple but because the whole system is flawed and the only people that patty in the end are consumers. This makes me sick. I will never ever, EVER, purchase an apple product for their shady business conduct

hoyounglee11 says:

Apple=patent troll!!!!!

idarwin says:

The whole business is ridiculous. Apple of all people should feel shame at using the power of the state to disrupt their competition. Who did big Steve steal the ideas for the Mac from? Xerox PARC, mostly. Did he even give them credit? NO. Neither did the other master IP borrower, big Bill. In fact, afaik, the only company that did is Sun (and AT&T, but Sun made them by putting the notices on the code). I'm speaking about OPEN LOOK, if anyone wants to check the history, and the copyright notices. Anyway, they're mostly all borrowing from each other at the same time as suing each other for stealing "their" ideas. We really need to disenfranchise all the copyright lawyers!

FL0OD says:

If you cant beat'em sue'em. neXus4life.

hoyounglee11 says:

Apple=patent troll!!!!!

kynov says:

I hereby patent this post. Anyone who infringes on it shall pay me in internetz! That said, surprising my wife with a shiny new nexus would score me some serious brownie points.

lorenzkong says:

Both sides are focusing more on how they can sue their competitors for patent infringement and its taking away from innovation. Its non-sense!

failurbydesign says:

BANANAS! Let there be a competitive market! Apple has great products but why should they be the only option..

draco259 says:

US legal system at its best...

bokajay says:

This is truly getting ridiculous. The funny thing is that the Galaxy Nexus is the Android device that is the furthest thing from an Apple product. No touchwiz (or other overlay) that looks iOSish. No big home button or any physical buttons what so ever. It's almost an inch bigger than an iPhone. The greatest thing it has going for it: it is soon to be running 4.1 Jelly Bean on all of its variants which includes all types of updates that further evolves this smartphone ahead of Apple's iPhone.. which is probably the biggest win for Apple if this injunction actually bans or slows down sales of this phone.

Superbeast8000 says:

Typical apple, trying to sue everything in sight that they aren't making money on.

jprins68 says:

The entire patent system needs to be overhauled. It is terrible that companies can flex their legal muscle on generic device interactions rather than competing on true innovation.

eloy35 says:

Apple has more money than they know what to do with, they need to spend that money on R&D and not on frivolous lawsuits.

johnyi says:

With all these ridiculous lawsuit Apple will lose lot of fan. I for one WAS an apple fan, but not anymore! Android is much better os than ios.

rakli67 says:

*groan* I can't wrap my head around the stupidity of this.

mugenazul says:

You know your patent system is fucked when you can patent a square.

RobBryar says:

You know...Shakespeare said something profound about lawyers once. Android all the way! Down with the Rotten Fruit!

zeo2k#AC says:

I see a lot of Apple bashing, and I'm always fine with that. But I feel this should go both ways about patents on silly little functions. It's getting old no matter who it's coming from.

Jocelyn
@ZEO2K

Animus_3.0 says:

Apple has to be the most immature company in business. They make lame childish jabs during their events, and want to take credit for everything like they invented circle. Someone needs to walk into the patent office and start shredding paperwork on some of those patents. If you think Apple's stuff is expensive now, wait till they start enforcing these injunctions.

skynet says:

Burn Apple Burn! Judges worldwide who hear these cases either have NO CLUE how smartphone/tablet technology works, or are on Apple's payroll.

Mrmarcus617 says:

Apple = Laaaaaaaammmmmmeeee

cpew72#AC says:

i work for a cellphone company and this is almost as crazy as the crap we have to go through in a given day. ps dont yell at be because you dropped your phone in the toilet and its my fault.. thanks. i would rather sit in a court room and listen to this nonsense about these injunctions. sounds like fun

pTricKg says:

Tell them about the dry rice trick! My phone got soaked in the rain but I rescued it by powering down, of course, and letting is sit in a bowl of dry rice for several hours. Even pulled the water out from behind the screen.

pTricKg says:

Apple has defaulted to being litigators instead of innovators so the only way they can fight the growing Android awesomeness and innovation is in litigation. I am a full supporter of open source mostly because it allows for smart people to contribute and make better products with better code. Never been a fan of Apple, never owned any Apple products and won't give them a cent.

cpew72#AC says:

i work for a cellphone company and this is almost as crazy as the crap we have to go through in a given day. ps dont yell at be because you dropped your phone in the toilet and its my fault.. thanks. i would rather sit in a court room and listen to this nonsense about these injunctions. sounds like fun PSS. i have an iphone and hate it...help me

Packk01 says:

Without a doubt a disappointing decision. One would hope that this will spur google and all of the android OEM's to continue to make better software and hardware that is both unassailable by Apple and which puts the iPhone to shame.

irofirelord says:

Because of Apple I dont have an Android phone becuase of them blocking phones due to stupid patent. I have had enough of it I just want to get an android phone before I go to college so I can use the internet. Apple has not helped anything

buzzard says:

This whole patent war crap sucks for the end users (us). Competition is good for the technology industry. Apparently, Apple doesn't like competition. Hurting Samsung does not help Apple. Eliminating the G Nex from the market won't make people want to buy an iPhone. You want to help your company, continue to innovate! My 2 cents...

FishMeetFish says:

This patent system need to be fixed! What else I need to say?

kaooak says:

Good job Apple. One more reason not to buy anything from you!

cuammo says:

You shouldn't be able to patent nonsense like the electronic manifestation of undoing the lock on a bathroom stall.

Without organized religion and the dark ages we'd all be living in the sky with jet packs strapped on our backs fueled with water in floating utopias, but instead we're here stuck with this garbage.

These patent wars and the abuse of a terrible system are the phone O/S equivalent to the crusades, and I'm pretty sure when we look back on it the stain on our history will be just as embarrassing.

mldiroff says:

Patent lawsuits - for companies who are afraid of losing market value to a ground-breaking product and/or an additional way of screwing over the taxpayers, some of whom happen to support said scared company.

fort says:

It's time to update from my HTC Nexus one. I don't care what anyone says. The track ball was and is the grates helper ever! As to Apple. I can't wait for Google patents for the notification bar come in. It's no fun with the rabbit has the gun.

joedig52 says:

I was never really a hater of apple, just preferred android especially because iTunes ruined my apple experiences, but they are making it a bit easier to dislike them everyday

trekmario says:

I cant stand apple. Long live the nexus =/\=

imnuts says:

Words cannot describe how nonsensical the Apple patent trolling has become.

trendless says:

Copywrong is the order of the day.

jrod986 says:

I suppose it's too much to hope that these absurd patent laws will get dialed back anytime soon. The least we can do is inform people that might not be in the loop on news like this and urge them not to support Apple and their disgusting business practices. They also get the bonus of saving a few hundred bucks plus get superior hardware in other products to boot.

Must be nice to be an Apple lawyer though, if you don't mind hell fire and all that.

ezzkmo says:

yeah this is messed up. that's all.

pjacobson492 says:

How about a focus on developing innovative hardware and software, rather than developing innovative patent claims! The whole thing comes off as entirely frivolous and jealous, and really turns a lot of people off to Apple.

piranhadonna says:

Just came back to android from apple and every single time I here about this the Charlie brown teacher pops into my head. Wha wha wha wha wha wha wha wha wha wha.

sparkomatic says:

Blah, Blah, Blah is right. Kinda tired of all this patent nonsense.

mrk#AC says:

This honestly makes me feel shitty about supporting them by owning a macbook. This is seriously ridiculous.

randyw says:

Google needs to sue Apple for restraint of trade.

JeffGr says:

I really wonder what kind of innovation we would see out of these companies if all the money spent on these lawsuits was instead spent on R&D.

jasoraso says:

Banning the Galaxy Nexus because you SLIDE TO UNLOCK!!!!! Wow, what utter nonsense!

ashahidi says:

one misstep for Apple, one big step for Lloyd!

wynand32 says:

Apple is (in my opinion cynically) taking advantage of a patent system that hasn't kept up with changing technology. It seems utterly bizarre to me that they seem to keep getting patents for things that clearly have prior art, things that are mere ideas (i.e., the mere idea of a scrolling list, not the software/hardware needed to implement one), things that are terribly vague and overly broad (i.e., their patent for receiving data into a system and then outputting it on a screen), etc., and that they're winning injunctions against entire product lines for tiny little things that constitute a very small part of an overall piece of technology.

In this latest cast, it seems to be about doing a search against multiple sources and then returning results in a single interface. I'm pretty damn sure, though, that Palm was doing this in very early versions of PalmOS--do a search, it pulled in contacts, calendar items, notes, etc., and displayed them in a single interface. That seems like prior art to me, although I don't know the specifics of the Apple patent in question.

Anyways, it's a mess. Maybe Judge Posner's decisions in the Apple v. Motorola case can serve as a precedent and help clean this stuff up. He seems to be the only one making any sense.

mqguitar says:

I own an iPhone and it looks like Apple is starting to get more worried every day. Google is innovating at a rapid pace. So fast that every new phone on ICS that came out is already outdated haha

Google IO > WWDC

I would love a Nexus :D

Tacoman667 says:

Apple is in trouble and so they are trying desperately to hold onto what they can't keep.

thearc77 says:

Oh my god!!! Sweet!!

Apple will not prevail with this, we are talking about search and no one beat Ggl right (for good or not)

I feel Android is geting the rigth way.

I love my Galaxy S 9000B (the SGS 3 grandfather) with one custom AOSP (not AOKP/CM) and kernel!!

Go the Android Central go!!

Ty for this :D

BEARD GANG says:

IN THE FAMOUS WORDS OF MR KING... WHY CANT WE ALL JUST GET ALONG ????

cykodelik_75 says:

I'm tired of all the patent war nonsense. No one really wins in the end. Actually the customers suffer the most because they're limited on the products they're able to purchase. And the products they do buy are limited to what feature they can have because someone laid claim to some idea that's described so vaguely that it covers about 100 different variations.

Just let it be over already. Oh and please pick me for the free Galaxy Nexus!

cowboys2000 says:

Love the Nexus. Would love to win one.

stanlm2 says:

Ha, great post and contest.

Not that this is about just slide to unlock, but merely that slide to unlock was/is considered and changing a horizontal bar to a circle amounts to a hill of beans at all.. what is this, legal games with pre-school geometry?

Innersoul33 says:

Apple hates on the competition because androids market share is steadily increasing. If they can't beat them in sales y not bane their phones. Its annoying but smart. #teamandroid

xtremedyme says:

apple steals everyones ideas so why should they hold anyone else accountable. Pick me please.

DocToxyn says:

I'll admit that I have an Air and I like it. Whether some other ultra book would be just as good is quite possible, but it's a machine I need for work and it's a Mac environment. My nod to Google and Android is to load it up with everything not Apple that I can. So Chrome, Gmail, Google Drive, etc all run great on that machine. Can't we just all be given choices and the company with the best products, not the best lawyers, wins. Honestly, there's room for more than one fish in the pond.

Robert8457 says:

why does apple think its ok to ban everybody's devices.

You mess with the Lloyd you get the horns.

transformer8448 says:

Patent wars, patent trolls... what will we have next? Time to call in.... drum roll.... Patent Lloyd!

arcadelion says:

Power to the Nexus! Down with the Apple!

pdl2mtl90 says:

Just how out of whack the legal system is. Anybody can sue anybody over anything any more. Just a way for the lawyers to stay in business! Thanks for the giveaway!

chrisliphart says:

All the patent squabbling all over the place is effin' redonculous. In fact, it's just fredonculous. Yeah, new word for it, right there. lol

RoryOCallahan says:

I'm a little bit sick of Apple using their broad software patents to stifle the competition the whole thing is just ridiculous.

lkbig says:

I'm not the first to say it and I won't be the last: If you can't innovate, litigate.
Frankly, going after the Gnex like this shows a significant lack on Apple's part in confidence in their own offering. Google COULD go after Apple for the notification. But they don't because it doesn't financially pan out for them. Apple probably consulted the bean-counters as well as the legal team before they went for this injunction. According to their models, it works out, which means that Apple is VERY afraid of Android. They have good reason to be. They are rapidly becoming stale and dusty and nobody like stale and dusty. (Except for Apple fans)

altd says:

This seems to be a continuation of the Jobs declaration to destroy anything and everything Android! Cook is turning out to be just has vindictive!

RasJacob says:

Really just makes Apple look petty. This is getting out of control.

DawnGP143 says:

Seriously??? Is it ever going to end????

toosweetnitemare says:

Please please please! :) I would love a working Android device again!

SirBC says:

Apple is poopie

joedon3 says:

Hello yeah! Tell Crapple to kiss our butt!

Nimocone says:

If I knew how to make an app, I'd make one called Angry Lawyers. You would fling them at a brick wall. Trick is, the wall doesn't ever come down. Just enjoy the delightful "splat" and groaning sounds they make. Yes, the current patent system needs an overhaul.

cb2002 says:

The patent system definitely needs overhauling and it needs it now. I believe the EFF has a proposal out there to limit software patents to 5 years which I think is a good time frame. Also we need to to improve the quality of the patent examiner skill to prevent approval of frivolous patents on basic ideas.

so0s1c says:

Gotta love apple.. when I think they cant be anymore fucked up. They hold a meeting and say fuck that ride on these fools And whoever the CEO is. hes throwing up westside , shirtless with thug life tatted on his chest screaming at Google "MY FO FO MAKE SURE ALL UR KIDS DONT GROW" Dammit I miss PAC !!

mtjohnson1974 says:

Apple just needs to get off their high horse and focus on making a better product. Tired of hearing about this. Google is taking over and they know it. I'll take the free nexus now please.

hollywould says:

I'm so fed up with this stuff. I really think Google should just but RIM so they can have all their patents and then Apple can't touch them.

tigim101 says:

It doesnt take a genius to see that Apple are acting like babies. I hope people realize this and speak out, apple is being too aggressive with the patents and all is does it waste time and money and limits innovation. I love how they use a bunch of google services and applications and google never said anything, way to be the bigger man, Apple.

FooFighter7 says:

Apple needs to stop being threatened by manufacturers who can make much better phones than theirs. Apple had their time in the limelight, but now it's time for them to step down and let Google have their shining moment for a while. They just need to accept the fact that the iPhone isn't cutting-edge anymore. It's still a neat little gadget, but it's not groundbreaking like it once was. Apple needs to quit throwing temper tantrums and be mature.

zeromaru says:

The patent system is broken worldwide... SO broken... good thing we don't have them here in Argentina... (probably because nothing gets built here...)

Bad thing most things affected by patents get here REALLY late in official ways, or never...

Back to patents... how the hell can they claim that these last phones slide to unlock are the freaking same... i just remembered that claim that a "tap to unlock" was a "cero distance slide" and also infringed patents...

Soon they'll patent breathing...

mhespenh says:

Right on, Phil.

When you can't compete with features, compete with lawyers. I wish the patent system was a building, so I could burn that mother down.

yujioh says:

apple hasn't been innovative for so long and what they claim as their own innovation is really just stolen ideas from someplace else. they just plain suck.

Zephyranth says:

Man...first the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and now this, and right after the conference too. There is no way Google will take this lying down. Long live Google!

nathon.fuller says:

apple and all their patent BS can go suck it. They need to stop this crap its only hurting them more than anyone else

Alfonsca says:

Apple wins = we ALL LOSE! Stop being a bully and embrace the market? Can't do that you say? Why? Because you Suck!

newgnr01 says:

Galaxy nexus rules, preliminary injunctions SUCK!

special_k says:

If you have to sue every single one of your competitors... your product must not be all that great.

AnubisibunA says:

Understand how patents help businesses (mostly) but all this patent war bullshat only hinders innovation and hurts us, the users. You can't swipe, you can't checkout with one button, you can't google "Scarlett Johansson nude" because we patented that motion and general concept. Anyway... I'm going to patent "fap fap fap" and then all these patent lawyers will have to find something else to do while on the clock.

This comment isn't created to make any sense... only to win a phone. Come on baby... big money, no whammies!

Arcxs says:

All this patent stuff is just crazy. At this rate the only sensible choice of a phone I can make is a dumb phone!

Blennidae says:

Can't stand a little competition...

ShadowCatcher says:

The patent system is important to protect small inventors from large, well funded people or corporations that want to profit from someone else's hard work and innovation. In a way, it is almost humorous to watch two or three giants with big pockets go at each other - except when it hurts the consumer and unnecessarily jacks up the end cost to us.

sftsang says:

Just sick of this. Worst part is that the justice system is handing Apple these victories. I sure as hell hope that one day Apple will get theirs.

smwinn7 says:

How the hell does apple sue about search!? This is getting inane

kmedley says:

The next headline will be " APPLE WINS PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION AGAINST GOD FOR HIS USE OF THE PATENTED WORD CLOUD, ALL WEATHER TO STOP UNTIL ALL PARTIES PRESENT THEIR SIDES IN COURT".

repinphilly247 says:

Screw apple. This patent stuff has got to stop.

mitechie says:

New rule, tech patents have a 12mo lifespan. After that it's all changed enough anyway. I'm all for getting some reward for your work, but this is just crazy.

When's iOS6 coming out? Because you know they'll be after that nexus 7 next once the ipad's all get Siri as well and can make similar arguments against it.

cvantezcvantez says:

We're getting off track here. It's patently obvious that I should receive this Nexus.

hatchetdawg says:

Patents should feed innovation not stifle it. Personally I feel the code behind how it works should be more important than the behavior when it comes to software patents. You can patent a toaster that has a new method of heating but the same user interaction and it's not a problem.

extremenet says:

The patent system is a joke. At least the EFF is trying to do something about it, but that's not going to make a difference until Congress gets involved, and we can see how screwed up they are everyday. Unfortunately true change takes some time, but hopefully as the public becomes more aware so will the lawmakers.

I'll show my protest by taking your free phone. Viva La Nexus!

C_Suzuki says:

Keep trolling apple you still have an inferior product...

foghorn67 says:

I would love a Gnex, daddyO

dbattenfl says:

Apple is more and more like a Cry Baby as each day passes.

Rhor says:

I had hoped that with the new CEO, Apple would change its ways from being an arrogant bully to something with more Competitiveness spirit.
I'm sad to see I'm wrong. Innovation is no more, just gradual upgrades for superficial and/or ignorant people who buy gadgets just because everyone else is buying the same thing.
I'm glad I'm on Android, I get to think.

Jaingo5150 says:

For some reason I thought all this frivolous garbage would slow down when jobs died....his legacy lives on with Tim Cook.

haradaj0516 says:

Sooner or later, Apple will pay the price.

wphenry84 says:

I always wondered why Palm never sued, didn't they have the original term for "smartphone" patent?

blackmannx#AC says:

well i can always use another Nexus... hell with apple

zorak950 says:

Wow, you fellows sure know how to get comments :P Well, here's to patent reform I guess.

albokay says:

Thanks for the update Rick Perry and the other hand.

(just kept pressing word suggestions on swift key because its a better use of time than thinking about apple.)

dlochinski says:

I feel like most of these patent suits are really reaching a high level of absurdity. It is almost like they are just throwing darts at a board to decide what next to sue on. Probably more of a game of who can win the most patent suits!

cowboys2000 says:

What gets me is that if Apple makes such great products, why can't they simple let the products speak for themselves? Apple does innovate, but they borrow or license things as well.

All this legal rangling to keep a competing product from market? So much for free market and enterprise!!

MG386 says:

If these companies would take what they spend on suing each other and put it into hardware and software development, the world would be a better place! Long live the Google Nexus!

jimoser37 says:

Get over it Apple.

PMB01 says:

I just want free choice of phones!

jimoser37 says:

Get over it Apple.

cosmo-jack says:

This patent stuff that apple is pulling is a giant pain for all of us. The only people who are happy about it are the lawyers. A very sad situation. I will not purchase any apple products.

mcduffer says:

Apple you are about a bunch of little bitches. You are pissed because Android is better, WAAAAY better.

ecphfo says:

it would be nice if i could get a free Nexus - I have a G2x. so you understand.

iamradicool says:

stupid, stupid, stupid

davezaff says:

Every Software, hardware company should be in this field for the greater good......Technology.
Apple with all this patent stuff is just slowing every companies progress,including their own. Maybe apple should work on revamping their interface and stop acting like they invented the freaking wheel.

Kelbylemons says:

These patent wars at just apples way of trying to make up for the lack of innovation going on in their camp. Google is pulling away in terms of software! Team android!

BlackoutDroid says:

Apple wins, consumers lose. As usual!

MinistrOfJustiz says:

I'm a lawyer, and I don't give a shit. I guess that's why I'm not a patent lawyer. Those guys make bank though.

I like the idea of winning a free phone.

rwilly24 says:

I hope Apple gets worms!

migman47 says:

Apple is hopeless.

xparsons says:

Apple fanboy boycotting Apple products. I'm ready to switch to Android :)

Sandfury says:

What really gets me about this is that you can patent a finger movement. Really? Slide to unlock seems like a natural movement to me. Hell it works on the sliding glass door in my house. Is Apple going to start going after companies that make sliding glass doors?

This is just Apple trying to kill innovation for the sake of market share.

inspiredbyHTC says:

They have billions of dollars and stocks are super high. Why do they feel the need to rule and dominate.

SparklingCyanide says:

when will this madness we call our Patent system finally be fixed... = / I would love a Galaxy Nexus.

MUTINOUS says:

These Patent wars only cost the consumer money. Outside the U.S.A it seems even worse because let everything go to court. I do see both side doing this but it also seems like Apple is the major contributor to this waste of time and money. My biggest complaint is that Apple draws a circle on a piece of paper and gets a patent for it. Then sues the first person walking round with eyes or a belly button.

PS. I LOVE JELLYBEAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it rocks, My GNex ROCKS, Android Central ROCKS!

R3537L1F3 says:

I would love to win one. I tired of being so far behind and I would love to play with Jelly Bean. ^^

turdbogls says:

I don't get how the nexus looks or acts anything like an iPhone. When I pull my phone out of my pocket I get nothing but "what phone is the"

And this phone will be for my wife since her phone is starting to bug me....lol

bakabeamcannon says:

That is ridiculous, I wish they would just "hug it out bitch".

maguilar3 says:

Apple is so ridiculous! They act like they invented the mobile phone.

TomCanuck says:

So tired of this patent crap clogging up the news. Call me crazy but I'd rather have app reviews or something cool in the news than I would some "so-and-so are suing so-and-so"

BrianDigital says:

It just got real, Imma tweet bombing Obama on this one

frankyblike says:

All these lawsuits are ridiculous you didnt see the car companies in the 1930's suing each other because the vehicles they made did the same thing

Sterlic says:

What the hell are companies supposed to do nowadays that everything's patented? I had a friend joke about Windows 8 auto-correction as "keeping up with the Jobses" but so what? Are companies just supposed to sit back and let Apple monopolize everything?

roppb says:

Apple is suing because its the only power they still have. People are beginning to realize how much better Android based phones are, so Apple is getting scared and trying to stop the Android takeover however possible. Also, Apple sucks.

kcour2006 says:

Ah man, I was reading about lawyers while walking through the park, stepped in poop... Damn you lawyers.... Damn you!

Gene12 says:

Apple has been pulling this stuff for as long as I remember. That is the only way they can compete, by getting rid of the competition. If it looks better than what they are working on and they have a patent which vaguely resembles it, then they will go after it instead of working on make their own stuff better.

errbin says:

Apple please stop... This is silly what could good can this bring

Krama is bitch....

fiskadoro says:

What a lot of silly fuss over nothing. I've always believed competition to be a good thing – it's certainly made both iOS and Android better!

errbin says:

Whoops double shot

sfsilicon says:

What a waste of time. The only ones really hurt are consumers who want choice. Next up for an injunction is the SGS3. This is just a sign that Apple is worried about the competition. My recommendation is design around the patents and get it over with. Who cares about Apple's Siri technology. Slide-to-unlock, auto correct, data tapping? Come on!

lakreda says:

When it first popped up I was interested in reading about the patent lawsuits. Nowadays I'd much rather spend my time doing something worthwhile because the patent lawsuits are a never ending loop of complete bullshit.

Q_Droid says:

They sue their own parts suppliers. That has to have been my favorite. I expect them to start to sue people for saying or using "i" in a sentence, or for breathing "air" without paying licensing fees. I get the necessity of a business being in business to make money and the need to protect something you create, but when you reach a point where you're desperately making shit up and engaging in as many of these battles as you can, suffering or successful, something is simply wrong. I'm sure they're Starbucks drinking high fashion pseueo-intellectual high class wannabe anti-technology users couldn't care less about of any of this.

tbro4033 says:

While I understand the "right" to protect your brand and ideas and all that crap, it's without a doubt gotten out of hand. The lawsuits are 99% bs. The problem, IMO, lies within the patent office and the ridiculous patents they hand out. They're just too broad often, allowing these claims to stretch over things that aren't even that similar to begin with. I don't know (or care) what this lawsuit is over specifically, but cmon...the Nexus and iPhone are two very different handsets. I currently own an iPhone 4, but I'm jumping ship as soon as my contract is up and I can upgrade to an Android with the discount...but if you guys send me a Nexus, I can become a happy Android user that much sooner!

ArmandoF says:

I really think that the author of any invention should be recognise every time someone uses his/her idea, but no one shuold be prevented of using someone's idea in order to add something better to it, no one has the wright of stopping the natural evolution of things.
If Android have used some of Apple ideas (and i'am not saying it did), or vice versa, in order to give the consumer something better than what already exists or even just to give us the oportunity of being able to choose where we want to spend our money, than the only thing that's left for Apple to do is to pick Android new idea and come up with something better, easy as that, and everybody wins.

IcRedEye says:

What do you call a hundred patent lawyers in a bus at the bottom of the ocean? A good start!

yoe-yoe says:

I'm surprised they haven't tried suing Adam and eve.

limbuhimal says:

Hey...
i know u want to protect what u own but dont go shooting at others.
Remember, "I have a dream" by King. do we need to repeat the history again for these to settle. Peace out.

Chiefvelo#IM says:

The whole system is overly protective to corporations. They really are abusing what is to have time limited protection. Apple has some very nice products but I couldn't pay for one in good conscience.
Waste less = lowers prices to us

ryaninc says:

Patent litigation sucks. Galaxy Nexus rocks. Pretty much that simple. :-)

sprunka says:

I think patent and copyright law in the world of software is completely bogus and badly broken in the hardware arena as well. Patents are meant to encourage innovations, not stifle them.

Apple's patents are completely bogus when it comes to the tablet and "candy bar" form factors. There's plenty of prior art, it's just too bad that all the lawyers and judges involved in these cases are still stuck in the old days where looks where more mutable and therefore an important patent factor.

toymechanic says:

silly system, its a phone, has to fit in your hand, how different can it be designed?

greenjt says:

Apple gives intellectual property a bad name.

bigjay517 says:

All this patent stuff has really gotten old. I can't wait to see the end of it.

vt43 says:

Whiney. When a product is better then yours you get lawyers involved? It's whiney bullshit.

I could use a nexus so I can keep my unlimited data plan that vzw is taking away from me.

ClinchDroid says:

Who could use a new Nexus? This guy, because his has a scratched screen.

keithbluhm says:

This patent stuff is getting old fast.

keithbluhm says:

Sorry, got old fast.

turbotke says:

Apple sucks! They can't keep up with the times, so they are ensuring that everyone else suffers!

ConfuciusMax says:

I would greatly like to stick it to the lawyers by winning this glorious and pure Google Phone. Also, I'll be in ma' bunk.

maxxout says:

Thank God I'm not in the minority on this topic. I have an Apple fanboy co-worker who does nothing but gloat about how Android infringes on iPhone for this and that. As if I'm the fool to believe that innovation only comes from the Apple inner-verse.

I say every dog will get their day... and Apple and it's holier-than-thow iProducts will succumb to a similar fate. For now, those with Galaxy Nexus phones, stand strong and be proud, you ARE the RESISTANCE. (Fade off with the Terminator theme song playing) :)

flsocialist says:

This is really getting old. Someone needs to start putting HEAVY fines for these kinds of nonsense lawsuits. This is costing us tax money, and is wasting everyone's time

androidzian says:

Really Apple!!, this is starting to get old.

richardpandy says:

lololololololololololol - ANDROID FOR LIFE!

pngudup says:

I was having a great day, I quit my job, bought my wife a gift. But then I saw this headline and it pissed me off a bit. But I don't give a damn. FCUK Apple, it's lawyers and the USPTO, NEXUS ALL THE WAY. Time to get drunk.

tubamaneric says:

Yes, these patent things suck. Hate them.

KhanSpacerider says:

Lemme get that. The only thing these suits do is piss off the customers.

thafirstnoel says:

This is just ridiculous. Taking on the competition with patents rather than innovation. Not cool dude.

rmkilc says:

Apple, always suing for things they didn't invent, and for stupid silly things that shouldn't be pattented.

Atomic_Monkey says:

I can't believe this stuff never stops. Make what the consumer wants, stop spending all your money in lawsuits, and start innovating again. Maybe if Apple did not spend so much time doing this crap they could get back to what brought the world the iphone in the first place.....maybe now that android ROCKS this foolishness is all they have left...

tcmeiss says:

Why innovate when you can litigate?

gunnz04 says:

I'd love to win to show apple they can't ban me from the galaxy!!,

Bradleee says:

Apple is just bullying the other OEMs.This is fulfilling what Steve Jobs said about spending all of Apple's money going after Android.

lokito15 says:

I believe that are legal system is truly broken if you can get a ban on someones product before even proving that the selling of the item is actually causing you injury. And anyone saying Apple is just trying to defend their patents needs to open their eyes. 1. The lawsuit itself is meant to defend the patent so their is no need the ban an item before is is found to have actually infringed, that is just a power move to prevent Samsung from gaining anymore market share before the iPhone comes out. 2.If Apple were really just trying to protect their IP they would only request Samsung or any other manufacturer pay loyalties not outright ban them, banning everyone's product stems from a need to have absolute control and pure corporate greed. Apple wants a world without competition so they can take their time with innovation and milk all the people for all the money they can get without having to worry about losing customers by becoming obsolete. The only other reasons I can think of that Apple would do this is so the can be in control of all of peoples personal information and so that they can remove Google ads in anyway possible to build up their own ad empire and gain more market share in that area. This benefits nobody but Apple and Apple's shareholders. It is a shame that Apple has gotten so big the think their bottom line is more important than advancing technology while earning market share fairly by releasing a better product so people will choose to but their products rather than just get an iPhone because all the other good options are banned. I am ashamed of the U.S. Court system for allowing such monopolistic behavior to go on rather than admitting their patent system is broken and trying to fix it.

applejosh says:

All these companies just need to grow up and realize that the only thing all these nit picky lawsuits do is line the pocket of lawyers and essentially make our beloved devices cost more. The patent system just needs to be thrown out and rewritten from scratch.

moo53 says:

The patent system is really flawed, I don't blame Apple for taking advantage of it but I do blame them and any other company who abuse it. Very few "Tech Giants" innovate just for the pure enjoyment of having their latest and greatest in the hands/homes of millions, now it's all about the bottom line. What really upsets me is the fact that Apple can steal ideas from Android/Windows/Blackberry and call it their own. Then turn around and try to sue OEMs of other OS from general patents, which they may or may not invented themselves. It use to be competition was good for the people, but times have change. Now competition is starting to hurt people more than ever and it needs to stop.

jonrgro says:

Apple want to block the Galaxy Nexus because it´s best than the iPhone that´s the true. ;)

sectari says:

Patents are dragging down tech more and more every year. When is anyone in power going to recognize this and scale them back so they're not just a tax on innovation? Well, since the current system favors lawyers getting paid lots of money, and almost every U.S. legislator is a lawyer, I'd say NEVER, or at best only after obvious, irreparable damage is done to the economy (that is, when we're a third-world country and most innovation and invention is done elsewhere).

ewilliams1009 says:

Apple needs to get out of the sandbox if it cannot play nicely. Go Home Apple!