Apple strikes yet again, seeks ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Here we go, again. Apple don't even let the dust settle on previous lawsuits against not only Samsung, but others, and today is no different. Apple are bringing a motion for preliminary injunction against Samsung's Ice Cream Sandwich-powered Galaxy Nexus smartphone in the U.S.

The latest motion is based on a handful of very powerful patents, which FOSS Patents have dubbed "the patent equivalent of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse". Quite the title considering it's 2012 and all. FOSS' breakdown:

• the "data tapping" patent based on which the ITC ordered an import ban against HTC
• a patent related to Siri and unified search, which must be of huge concern to Google with a view to its core business
• a new slide-to-unlock patent that even had the head of the Taiwanese government profoundly worried
• a word completion patent that provides major speed improvements for touchscreen text entry

Really, Apple? Are you that scared of the Galaxy Nexus and Samsung's future, most likely, quad-core phones? That scared that all you can do is patent slap the competition instead of releasing actual ground-breaking new devices instead of "S" variants of 18-month-old smartphones? Release something magical, revolutionary, and I hope with all the power in the universe that the people you've pissed off with patents come back to haunt you.