“It is old news that Apple has been fighting legal battles across the globe against Google Android vendors,” Nigam Arora reports for Forbes.
“Now for the first time, Apple has fired at the heart of Google Android with its new lawsuit against Samsung filed in federal court in San Jose, Calif.,” Arora reports. “The lawsuit is going after Galaxy Nexus. Nexus is Google’s code for the lead device… Going after the lead device running stock Android shows that the clear aim of Apple is Google Android’s heart.”
Arora reports, “The biggest threat to Google appears to be from the claim of infringement of United States Patent 8086604 for unified search. Search is the heart of Google, not just of Google Android.”
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