Thursday, July 5, 2012

Galaxy Nexus will receive patch to avoid ban in the U.S

The recent ban on selling smartphone Galaxy Nexus in the United States was not frowned upon by Google, responsible for the design of the device, or by Samsung, which produces in China and possibly other locations. This week Google said the site All Things D will release a patch for the device that circumvents the patent problem.


According to Ina Fried, a reporter for the site, the patch should be published as before for consumers who have a Galaxy Nexus. The device was brought to market at the end of last year and has updates straight from Google, since the Ice Cream Sandwich in this unit does not undergo changes carriers.

Apple asks U.S. court in the misuse of four patents in the Galaxy Nexus. However, the judge who ordered the temporary ban on the sale of the product was based on only one of these patents is about the "universal search". Google seems willing to support the Samsung in this endeavor since the current generation of Nexus was the first phone with Android 4.0.

Google shall use the U.S. patent office to review the granting of intellectual property creator of the iPhone and the iPad. You can be sure that the search will also bring to justice the concept of the "universal search" has existed since before the Apple patent request relating to its use.

While not obtain injunctive relief in favor of themselves, Google removed the Google Galaxy Nexus Store Play. You can no longer buy it in the U.S..

Several experts have said that the U.S. needs to reform the patent system and intellectual property (IP). It is the time in which these means were used to protect the innovation. Currently - my opinion - what else we have seen are patents for trivial and everyday resources that are far from what we might call "innovation". I remember seeing President Barack Obama speak negatively about the allocation of intellectual property.