Apple tells retailers to stop selling the Galaxy Nexus and Tab

Apple should focus on competing on the quality of THEIR product. Not rely on lawyers and back room deals to cripple the competitions products.<p>There doesn't seem to be any information stating whether or not Apple made any attempt to tell retailers they could sell these products again after the injunction was lifted.<p>This is as anti-competitive behavior at its worse. Before we know it Apple will have formed the OAAA (Only Apple Association of America) and be lobbying congress to force consumers to pay a fee just for owning non-Apple products.

Ignoring the obvious patent ridiculousness, I'm a little bit surprised and dismayed to see Apple going so hard after Android in this way.<p>1) As a consumer, competition in this space is overwhelmingly positive. You can already see a number of improvements Apple has made to iOS as a result of Android, and a strong Android OS will continue to keep them on their toes.<p>2) You have to wonder if it is even good for Apple to win in the long run. They have so much control over the iPhone ecosystem, getting too much market share in the mobile/tablet space would very likely garner unwanted attention from the DOJ. It is possible Android is a significant buffer against an anti-trust action similar to what Microsoft saw in the 90's.

Everyone talks about how innovative Apple is and how innovative Steve Jobs was and how he changed 'the world'. But no one talks about how much innovation Apple has crippled more than they had contributed.<p>For example, a recent broad patent called Universal Search was used by Apple to sue Android OEM's and the end result? The feature was removed from certain Android phones to avoid litigation. And mind you, Universal search had long existed before Apple had patented it. This is just one example, but there are many many broad patents that Apple uses to cripple innovation. The end result is that the users lose more than these companies because they are missing out a lot of features that their devices are capable of implementing. Funny how this is something that is not written much about by these tech Journalists. You never see someone writing how Apple crippled innovation, but only how 'cool' Apple is or how 'innovative' they are. Pathetic.<p>We need a better, unbiased source for technology news. The current set of tech journalists sound more like Apple sales men. We live in a world where we are forced to read what the journalists think of the news rather than just the news itself. Hope someone from HN builds such a platform.

It's quite sad to see this. How many people here are using the Galaxy Nexus? Google just pushed the 4.1 update and it is simply an awesome device and os. It definitely serves a more technical audience than the iPhone, but the power and customizability is amazing. I like the iPhone, but I just prefer the flexibility of the Nexus and the fact that no contract is required. The direct from Google model and Android's open philosophy simply works better for me. Choice is a good thing, the last time I checked.

Being Sicilian I'm well placed to know how to name this kind of acts: mafia.<p>The only difference with traditional mafia is that in this case the act is dressed with the clothes of a big corporation but the underlying meaning of this kind of acts is just the same.

It's sad to see what Apple is becoming.<p>They can not win this war, probably not even delay the outcome by a measurable margin.<p>Meanwhile Android begins to leapfrog them not only on hardware (which has been the case for a while, short of tablets) but also on software and the holy grail of user-experience.<p>They still have quite an edge on the UX-front but that is destined to fade if they don't come to their senses really soon now.

Patent Trolling by Apple. This is just silly, do they really believe they can keep their edge this way? Intimidating 3rd party vendors?

It may just be my perverse nature, or some variant of Streisand Effect... but this just makes me want to buy one.<p>[disclosure: I'm long AAPL]

I remember reading in a 1st Circuit (I think) opinion that something like 60% of challenged patents are invalidated. This strategy strikes me as quite dangerous for Apple. They risk losing on average a bit over half of the patents at issue, and they could lose everything. Worse, even if they win, the patents at issue will be worked around and it will be a temporary setback. Apple really gets very little out of this fight.<p>So yeah, given that reality it would probably be smarter to try to focus on, well, actually trying to dominate in the marketplace rather than in the courtroom.

What did we think they were going to spend millions in court trying to remove competitors then not act on it ?

I love the British legal system... <i>a U.K. judge said the tablet is “not as cool,” and thereby doesn’t infringe on the iPad. </i>

Someone should introduce Tim Cook and judges Posner and Alsup. I'd love to watch the ensuing conversation.

Apple's suing on "form factor" ???? We need to curtail the Patent Industry, not Samsung.

Samsung DID straight up copy Apple. Apple isn't going after other manufacturers, just this specific one for these specific devices. Here's a little side-by-side comparison of what Samsung did: <a href="http://atomicsupersky.com/post/26275796849/on-the-samsung-galaxy-injunction" rel="nofollow">http://atomicsupersky.com/post/26275796849/on-the-samsung-ga...</a><p>This all could have been avoided if Samsung didn't blatantly copy Apple. I mean, they even copied the same color for the phone icon. If you go into Photoshop and compare the two greens, they are identical. You don't accidentally do that. Samsung had the intent to copy. It isn't even about the under-the-hood aspects (which can be another discussion,) this is about the clear and obvious ripoff of Apple design.<p>Samsung did this to themselves. The point of this injunction is that consumers could be confused. After all, even Samsung's own lawyers couldn't distinguish the Galaxy from the iPad at a distance of 10 feet.

Ordered one a minute ago in protest.

If you're in the US and near the Canadian border both are available here in Canada, I think.<p><a href="http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Galaxy_Nexus" rel="nofollow">http://www.bell.ca/Mobility/Products/Galaxy_Nexus</a><p>I don't know if is the new one or not: <a href="http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/samsung-samsung-10-1-16gb-galaxy-tab-2-tablet-with-wi-fi-silver-gt-p5113/10206558.aspx?path=7aa588628d2a99afb02dedcf012646b2en02" rel="nofollow">http://www.futureshop.ca/en-CA/product/samsung-samsung-10-1-...</a>

Wasn't the temporary ban on the Galaxy Nexus lifted? Apple is still sending these takedown notices right now, even though the ban was lifted?