Apple seeks import ban on new Samsung, HTC phones

Apple has filed complaints against both Samsung and HTC seeking to block imports of the companies’ new smartphones. FOSS Patents reports that Apple’s new complaint against HTC is the third such complaint it has filed against the company with the International Trade Commission (ITC). Apple is claiming that HTC’s devices still infringe upon its “data tapping” patent, which HTC was found to infringe in last December; a total of 29 devices are targeted by the new complaint. It also filed a motion in its second California lawsuit against Samsung, seeking a preliminary injunction against the recently announced Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone, noting that the device “has been reported to be the most extensively preordered piece of consumer electronics in history.” Apple’s request is based on alleged infringement of both the aforementioned “data tapping” patent and a unified search patent, which is closely related to Siri; the Galaxy S III features an almost comically similar feature called “S Voice”.