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

Apple feels threatened and all they know how to do in response is file a lawsuit. Here's hoping this gets overturned.

Apple feels threatened and all they know how to do in response is file a lawsuit. Here's hoping this gets overturned.

Apple is scared. End of story

That aside, the whole patent system in the US is just messed up. The only good thing i can remember from these patent things is the Oracle vs. Google, which im happy Google mostly won. And the Judge that threw out the Apple vs. Moto, he did it the right way to, making sure that issue(s) can not be brought before court again. Other than those two things its been pretty much a waste of money, instead of paying for the lawyers maybe Apple should be innovating new things. [See first line of post]

Instead of wasting their time on patents maybe they should try to actually compete and come up with something original, oh wait I'm sorry thats not the Apple way.

Just got a Galaxy tablet - LOVE IT!!! Functional and easy to use! I would never buy an ipad.

This is simply disgusting. Steve Jobs himself admitted to stealing ideas yet when he feels an idea of his, even if it wasn't his to begin with, is stolen he sends his company on a genocide mission.
Apple needs to be stopped, patent warfare needs to be stopped. The courts are allowing free market to be destroyed.
If Apple really is as great as they think they are, they should have no worries about competition... but Apple really isn't as great as they like to pretend, now are they?

Never have and now more than ever never will buy any of their iCrap

Talk about a rotten Apple...I guess if you can't beat it, try to ban it! As for the Nexus, like many Android fans I love that device. I've been literally kicking myself every time I see someone with a Galaxy Nexus as I stand there holding a Skyrocket in my hand...d’oh!

Apple is just trying to be the dictator we all know them to be! These lawyers need to deal with more serious cases in the world and leave the phones alone

This is why I dislike apple so much, because they always try so hard to slow down the growth of android!!!

My phone is on it's last legs, plus anything to stick it to the Tyrannical Apple.

This is exactly why I left the i ecosystem for Android...Apple is just too high and mighty on their throne that they don't allow innovation and progress...just sick of hear about all the lawsuits Apple has filed! I hope judges will have another look at this injunction and throw this out along with the rest of them!

Apple Timeline:

1985- Good artists copy, great artists steal.
2012- Good artists sue, great artists ban.

There should not be software patents, PERIOD. This whole mess has gone way too far.

I sent Phil a tweet earlier asking him to swap me a G Nexus for my iPhone 4S. That should tell you my feelings towards this injunction. Being an iPhone user for the last 4 years, I have to say this is completely embarrassing. Apple should spend its resources innovating and not trying to stifle competition by perusing vague, general patents. With the recent announcements at Google I|O this year, and Apple's recent form of 'competition' I'm ready to ditch the iOS platform. If I don't win this Galaxy Nexus, I'm going to try to peruse other ways to get one, and get rid of my 4S. Hope this doesn't even register to Google and it's partners, and the Android train keeps plowing along at full force.

Ridiculous and uncalled for.

Damn Apple...I used to like you. Guess this takes care of that.
Think different, right?

Injunctions like these are meant to protect companies like Apple from copycat products, but for the Galaxy Nexus to be included as one of these is ludacris. An injunction like this does nothing but stifle competition which is what patent law is supposed to prevent. It goes to show how much patent law has to go and how much we need judges and lawyers that can tell the difference between these two OS's. Sign me up for the free Nexus though!

I don't see what irreparable damage has or could be done to Apple or other companies. All of it is ridiculous and pulls away resources from making great devices.

Injunctions like these are meant to protect companies like Apple from copycat products, but for the Galaxy Nexus to be included as one of these is ludacris. An injunction like this does nothing but stifle competition which is what patent law is supposed to prevent. It goes to show how much patent law has to go and how much we need judges and lawyers that can tell the difference between these two OS's. Sign me up for the free Nexus though!

Quote from Apple's statement after the ruling... "from the shape of the hardware to the user interface".

Not only am I baffled from this statement but it angers me in a way.

While I think this patent non sense is absurd perhaps enough of these clearly anti competitive cases will bring to everyone's attention to the stupidity and some change will happen

This is messed up!

Patents are not all bad, but the system is broken. This needs to be fixed. Another reason I won't buy any Apple products.

Apple should not be allowed to even hold these patents over common things. Someone also needs to stand up and sue apple for any patents they have infringed on.

A post about how messed up this patent nonsense is? It's so messed up I might win one of these contests.

I've emailed before with my feelings on patents. It's a mess. I'll take a phone. :-)

SO STUPID...
Long live Android
BCB

this is popcockery of the highest order! Baba Booey to us all

Boo.

These patent battles are ridiculous. The patents are in some cases so vague that they could encompass anything. I hope patent law gets rewritten soon to end all this foolishness and let the companies get back to innovating and creating rather than creating "workarounds" of the problematic legalese.

Apple you lost your innovation back when Palm came out with webOS, still to this day you have the same OS with more little sprinkles and sprinkles added on to the point your just melted into your own bowl and now that Android is on top you decide to sue everyone. Well if you can't beat em, sue em.

Apple is nothing but a big bully and acting like a little child.

They kick, they scream until they get their way. Their way, or the high way. Oh, itunes slow down your computer? BOO HOO, then don't use our products.

Samsung kickin ur butts in all areas? Sales, reputation, functionality, and down right sex appeal, lets just sue them and hope we can stop sales so people pay more attention to us. Bah, worse than a temper tantrum from a kid who missed their turn at show and tell.

If you're having that hard of a time keeping up in the market Apple? Grow a pair, and start developing some stuff that's worth talking about. Not just throw an "S" on something and think it's friggin special. At least some developers and manufactures take time and make sure each release has something worth wide for the clients, not just another way to get into their pocket and steal all their money.

I don't mind not getting my hands on a Nexus, as much as I want one, I just really get so heated over this stupid Apple crap. Apple sues left right and centre every manufacturer, ESPECIALLY Samsung, because they're the biggest threat of kickin their butt in everything. Samsung needs to hire the best damn lawyers and give Apple a piece of their own medicine. Ban them in their own Country.

Congrats to who wins this Nexus, but even bigger Congrats to Samsung and Google for not laying down and letting Apple crush their dreams.

To end, I'm going to make Apple Sauce... by hand. ^_^ Now where's my mallet...

Would love to win one!

I think patent law is one of the most tricky and complex areas of law, especially with the pace at which technology is advancing.

This is just getting rediculous. The day I sold my Macbook and bought my chromebook was a great day. I freed myself of apple tyranny.

So...banned for Search? Ok, Now for Android to use the Notifications against Apple now.

Apple is nothing more than a spoiled little brat. They've enjoyed success for a few years and made a lot of money. But now that everything isn't going their way they just whine and complain and sue everyone else. Its honestly abhorrent.

It's truly a shame how some of these large tech companies are spending so much time and effort working on protecting their intellectual property rights, when they could be focusing on more R&D and more innovation. They'd rather buy small innovative companies or license technologies from others (and save themselves from having to compete with newcomers) than come up with their own innovations to stay relevant in the marketplace. Then they spend obscene amounts of money and time in the court room to stay a step ahead of their competition.
Presumably these lawsuits are mostly going to have the effect of making mobile technology more expensive, as the companies will have to either spend money to avoid using others' ideas or spend money for directly licensing ideas from others, but mobile technology won't be any better despite these additional costs... What a pity.

This is pure nonsense with all the copyright laws... They're are going to stagger innovation because we live in a world that only thinks about profits!!!

A shame that Apple is an American company.

Apple should come up with something new and amazing that Samsung can copy and give to the masses without restrictions and for a fair price.

Apples time is coming. This is a sign of it.

Well, what else can you do when Google is wiping the floor with apple? - Sue. apple realized they can't win in the innovation side of things anymore. These patents are ridiculous. As other's said, it limits innovation. However, despite all of this, android still remains my top choice for technology. So glad I left Apple for android years ago. Never looking back. ;)

Patent nonsense is just that. I wish I could run into the courtroom mid hearing in an android costume with a cape and slap every lawyer and the judge twice. Might be well worth the jail time/assault charges. :)

When will this patent crap stop! It's getting stoopid. Whatever happened to cross-licensing. Oh and the USPO needs to stop handing out software patents... My 2 cents. So can I have one of those might be banned gnex's?

I love patents as much as I love Apple...oh wait....

Eh gah. Another day in paradise.

what a joke. apple needs more developers and fewer lawyers

I'm tired of reading about all of this patent nonsense. Patents are too generic and anyone with a lot of money can get one for just about anything. Something definitely needs to change.

Apple is just afraid of what Google can do...I just wish I had the NEXUS to show it off to my friends and what it can do on T-Mobile.

Apple must be stopped!

Watch Apple will try to patent certain viewing angles of a mobile device. Apple is just mad that Samsung is kicking their arse in the mobile market.

I'd like one!

Someone needs to step in and stop the madness. This is only helping lawyers.

I have made a personal pledge to boycott Apple from this day forward. I am done with them. Period.

Blah blah blah patent litigation apple sucks... blah blah blah!

Getting very old.Just like a school bully

Ok the free phone is nice, but seriously, the Patent Office should be taken to task for granting broad software patents in the first place.

Really??!! Another injunction? Apple is like that freaking older brother that just keeps bothering you... That you wish you could just slap him silly with a sock full rocks... But You can't, because he's your brother!! Come to me my NExus friend, my Cappy needs a replacement!!!
:P

This is so ridiculous that I just switched from an iphone 4s to a GS3.

This patent dispute crap is getting ridiculous. The customers are the ones loosing.

patents are lame. Haters gon hate.

All Of This Patent " BS " Is Really Starting To Get Out Of Hand. Something Needs To Happen Because At This Rate, Any And All Technological Advancements Will Be Slowed To A Grinding Halt With No One To Gain. Apple Has Abused Patent Lawsuits To The Extent That They Have Litteraly Made A Business Out Of It.

Screw apple!!! Gimme my nexus !!! :)

apple is just feeling threatened by other phone manufacturers making products that are just as good, if not better and wants some sort of control of the market. they really shouldnt make it such a big deal.

Why does this even happen? There are so many differences between a Nexus and an iPhone. For example... The Nexus is AWESOME the iPhone is.. well the iPhone. BLAH. I want a new nexus!

Can't we all just get along? Learn from each other and compete!

This is just sad. While I have no doubt that Google will prevail, this can lead to a serious confrontation and a flurry of lawsuits. Instead of pushing the industry, companies will spend resources on this mindless fight over pixels...

There is just no such level of douchebaggery that can't be reached by Apple.

Rotten Apple!!

I'm sick of this, quit suing, and innovate!

...two words: "prior works."

The patent system is broke.

This is just the worst way for apple to win the war. Not saying i'm for apple winning the war, but even if i were, this is just not the way they're gonna do it. First, they just can't win every patent suing, so they're gonna lose some of those, and it's just a very dangerous weapon.
Second, they *ARE* using FOSS (free and open source software) in their products. I'm sure if we look into it enough, we could find at least 10 violations of the GPL , so they better not use this against other hardware manufacturers.
Third, and more importantly, Apple always bragged about how they were the manufacturer that brought innovation into the tech field and market. And THIS is what's actually wrong about this patent war: it's that not only will it remove what apple considers to be copycats, but also all and every concurence to Apple's "innovation" (and we saw that apple does not know how to innovate since the Apple II, as the iPod is a better MP3 player, the iMac an easier-to-use computer, the iPhone an easier-to-use Nokia smartphone, the iPad an easier-to-use windows tablet PC, etc. Of course, they did innovate in every of these, but only on details)
Now fourth is that they are killing one of the best devices ever, and that's just not possible. 'Nuff said.
Now sorry about the orthographic and lexical errors that may occur in my text,as i'm french and i only have a limited ability to write in english
I'm reading your articles in my RSS feed since 2 years ago now, and i'd like to thank you all (american blogs about tech, and android, and moreover android central, are really *a lot* better than french ones... )
Then again, i actually am starting developping on android, that is, creating apps. I have a Motorola Droid 3 right now (i bought in on ebay...) ,but it only runs Gingerbread, and it has a locked bootloader... so i can't install ICS on it, and can't really use it to develop. Of course, there is the emulator, but we all know it's just a joke...
So i'd really love to get that Gnexus, and if i do, i promise to give the second thousand dollars i get by selling apps on the play store to Android Central!
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Now THAT'S a rotten Apple! *wink*

If apple wants to waste money putting up injunctions and sewing every phone company on the planet, just give me the money! your not going to beat Google.

I think that a large issue is a use of the Patent system in place of leaps of innovation, and not only in the tech field.
For one company, not even Apple in particular, to say "we did it first, nya nya" is one thing. Especially when done for truly innovative techniques or processes, but ... when it is something that is relatively commonplace and can be reached not through true innovative inspiration, but rather through commonsense application of the theories that have been built already, that is when it starts to be... less good.
Were getting into the joke comment of "I got mine, now you can't get yours".

I hope a worm gets inside this apple and it turns to mush,oh wait it already is mush!

BS!!!

Apple knows that Google is the future and they're trying everything to stay on top but it's too late...

who doesn't like free stuff?

Here's to some archaic laws that hinder the process of innovation. Thank you apple no wonder I can't even bring myself to buy an iPod classic.

It seems like as Google comes up with more innovative ideas, Apple uses high powered lawyers and a corrupt patent system to make preexisting Google/Samsung ideas as their own.

Apple... Innovating, with others ideas!

Seriously this is getting ridiculous. Apple is doing whatever they can to throw a wrench in the Google machine. I love how a company built upon basically stealing other companies technologies, is now constantly complaining about it.

Ummmm... What's the word am looking for oh yeah.... Fuck apple!.. Win or lose Viva la Android!..

I think it's really funny how most of apples software patents were actually invented by Palm os. It seems like they don't want to compete they just want to sue their rivals. Honestly I just want a cool new phone, and the samsung galaxy nexus would be great!

just as Tom and Jerry it will never end

I'm going to file a patent on patent filing, this was no one will file any patents with out fear of me suing them for infringing on the filing of patents. Maybe then we can come up with a better system.

I think it's really funny how most of apples software patents were actually invented by Palm os. It seems like they don't want to compete they just want to sue their rivals. Honestly I just want a cool new phone, and the samsung galaxy nexus would be great!

Seriously this is getting ridiculous. Apple is doing whatever they can to throw a wrench in the Google machine. I love how a company built upon basically stealing other companies technologies, is now constantly complaining about it. I guess if you can't beat them, sue them for patent infringement.

I'm sure it'll just be a matter of time before Apple files an injunction against themselves......(wonder if they'll win?)

As a gadget geek, I've been looking forward to seeing what the iPhone 5 looks like. No more. Apple acting like a petulant child has completely soured me on the entire company. My next phone is going to be a Nexus device!

What was it Tim Cook said about hating litigation? Sounds like he's just a liar, this is absurd.

This is getting ridiculous. If this keeps up we are going to become technologically stagnant. I think patents should only be on inventions, not on shapes or layouts, words or Letters. (O and Oprah) .

Think about the limitations this would have caused us in the early years of TV's and Air-conditioners. They all look very similar, but their are many diffident manufactures making them, with the internals better and cheaper, faster and smaller but the competition has only benefited us all with better products being made. These objects have the same look and feel also but i do not see patent wars all the time over these objects.

I have a lot of friends that are Apple fans and apple bs. I think android is the. Best . I don't care what they said.

The patent system is broken if such broad patents are actually awarded and enforced. The whole system has to be scrapped and redone.

Search, how could ANYONE beat google at search. /sigh

All this patent fighting drives me crazy! Why can't the just realize that we WANT similar features on our phones and start OPENLY stealing from each other??? LOL!

I'm tired of these patent wars...

Wow...can't believe this...what is this judge thinking

Isn't there a better way for all these companies to spend their money like maybe lowering device prices and making better and more innovative products? All this patent nonsense just wastes money and time. Patents at one time served an important purpose but as with every lawsuit, they are being abused. Would love a Galaxy Nexus lte. Thanks!

How do they validate this after so many phones that are so similar not even being touched.

Apple is running scared. Someone mentioned Siri using Google, google should pull any and all technology from crapple. Crapple products are so limiting and restrictive and I just can't believe the courts are being brainwashed by this crap.

It just makes you wonder how Much cash apple had to shell out to make this happen ....really hope the rumors about iPhone and iPad bans come next

I hate all of this Apple Patent crap. Why can't Apple just fight against products by improving their products, as opposed to knocking down the competition?

Something needs to be done. I do think Apple is shooting themselves in the foot here with these lawsuits, in terms that I seem to have noticed a shift in public opinion of the company and at least the beginnings of a media shift in not praising everything the company does like it's the second coming. Maybe just me though.

Something needs to be done. I do think Apple is shooting themselves in the foot here with these lawsuits, in terms that I seem to have noticed a shift in public opinion of the company and at least the beginnings of a media shift in not praising everything the company does like it's the second coming. Maybe just me though.

Something needs to be done. I do think Apple is shooting themselves in the foot here with these lawsuits, in terms that I seem to have noticed a shift in public opinion of the company and at least the beginnings of a media shift in not praising everything the company does like it's the second coming. Maybe just me though.

A free phone would sure make me feel better about this

this just makes me want to get rid of my iphone even more badly and finally get an android phone

As of today when I pre-ordered my Nexus 7 I have jumped to Google Play completely for my media needs :).

The patent scene has become such a mess starting from 2011 onward. It's just gotten more and more ridiculous every single month, every single week, every single day, even. I don't blame editors like Phil who have to report on this stuff daily - it's got to be tiring as all get-out. Oh, hey, btw, I'd love to take that Galaxy Nexus off your hands for you! My girlfriend's phone just died (old nonsmartphone), and she needs a phone to hold her over until the Windows Phone 8 comes out that she has her eyes set for, but, who knows - with a Galaxy Nexus in her hands, she just might turn a little android on me. One can hope, right? :-P Thanks guys!

Does Apple really think they are going to get people to switch to thier products by using lawyers?
How about focus on a product people want and keep up with technology, wow, what a concept.
Apple has a very large and more importantly loyal fan base, keep them happy and apple will be just fine.
Leave us Android fans and our products alone and the world will be a happier place.
I really am getting tired of reading about another lawsuit file by apple every week. It gets boring after a while... well it already is boring like this post.
Can I have my new GN now please?

The whole idea of this patent,excuse my language, bullshit is just trying to capitlize on the whole.market. Apple makes lots of money regardless so why try and block competition? They need to just smoke some weed and get over themselves and keep making great technology and just stop the nonsense!!

This patent war is like watching a bunch of retards trying to hump a doorknob.

Apple just needs to shut up.

Apple probably was the first to envision the "smart phone", but google saw it's true potential and grabbed a hold on what the "smart phone" can really be, apple its just mad because android has perfected and keeps improving the "smart phone".

What's up with fruit these days. First it was O.J., now Apple. Fml.

I'll take the phone and prank call the lawyers. :)

Apple has been on the top long enough without tweaking the recipe. Google comes along and does the same thing and Apple gets there panties all in a bunch. There is enough room on the mountain for everybody. If it's that bad go and buy RIM and be Appleberry or something. Don't be jealous Apple this is capitalism at it's finest!

This only shows how threatened Apple is with Android.

I hate overreaching patents too!

Vinash Kale Viprit Buddhi
//when the downfall is near, one acts with deluded mind//

I would love to have a galaxy nexus!

I will gladly support Samsung as much as I can by buying their amazing phones. Best way to put this to the end is to speak with our money.