Can Apple Ban Ice Cream Sandwich on the Nexus?
As the smartphone patent wars heat up, Apple has gone for the throat and filed a preliminary injunction against Samsung to ban sales of the Galaxy Nexus for allegedly infringing several key patents. Surprisingly, it’s not the hardware that Apple wants to ban but Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) which they believe has stolen several ideas from their own iOS.
The patents in question cover simple actions such as clicking on a phone number to make a call, and sliding a finger across the screen to unlock it. Has Apple gone too far with the latest claims, and isn’t it about time the big tech companies got their heads knocked together and started to play fair?