Samsung Expected To Sue Apple Over iPhone 5 LTE Networking

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An anonymous reader writes with this excerpt from Geek.com:"The courtroom battle between Apple and Samsung seems to be far from over, and come tomorrow Apple is in for a major headache as soon as it makes the iPhone 5 official. That's because Samsung is poised to sue the company over patents it owns relating to LTE connectivity (http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/samsung-expected-to-sue-apple-over-iphone-5-tomorrow-20120911/) the new smartphone is expected to use. All Samsung needs to confirm is that the iPhone 5 is shipping with 4G LTE and it can then apparently set its lawyers into action. As is typical with these patent lawsuits, Samsung will most likely seek an import ban meaning the iPhone 5 may not be able to leave its manufacturing plants and make it to the U.S. to fulfill pre-orders. If such a thing ruling was made, Apple would most likely do a deal that meant it no longer pursued Samsung product bans, and might even forget about that billion dollar payout."Samsung's not the only one hoping to gain some leverage: itwbennett (http://www.itworld.com/) writes, "Apple's iPhone 5 and iPad 3 may violate a pair of patents bought by HTC (http://www.itworld.com/networking/294450/apple-iphone-5-could-be-banned-us-htc-lte-patents) back in April 2011 that cover methods used in 4G devices for faster downloads. International Trade Commission judge Thomas Pender said it would take 'clear and convincing' evidence to renounce the U.S. patents."

http://apple.slashdot.org/story/12/09/11/1556231/samsung-expected-to-sue-apple-over-iphone-5-lte-networking