Apple Seeks Injunction to Ban Sales of Samsung Galaxy S III Next iPhone To Be Thinner, Feature HD Front Facing Camera: Analyst

FOSS Patents reports that Apple has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the U.S. to ban sales of Samsung Galaxy S III for infringing related to Siri - the personal assistant feature that is exclusively available on iPhone 4S and data tapping patent.

FOSS Patents reports:

Apple is on the offensive against Android. Earlier this week it filed an ITC complaint requesting an immediate import ban of 29 allegedly-infringing HTC devices. There's an important overlap: the "data tapping" patent that Apple is seeking to enforce against HTC's current generation of products is one of two patents Apple is using against the S III.

Apple purchased the S III in the United Kingdom, where Samsung launched it on May 29. The U.S. launch date is June 21 -- precisely two weeks after the preliminary injunction hearing.

Apple's motion notes that "[a]ccording to press reports, Samsung has already sold over nine million preorders of the Galaxy S III; indeed, the Galaxy S III has been reported to be the most extensively preordered piece of consumer electronics in history."

Apple has filed a motion for preliminary injunction in the U.S. to ban sales of Samsung Galaxy Nexus for infringing four patents back in February. Apple has now asked the courts to also include Samsung Galaxy S III as another product targeted by Apple's motion for a preliminary injunction for infringing its patents.

According to FOSS Patents, Apple "will limit its current request for preliminary relief against the Galaxy S III to the '604 [unified search, i.e., Siri] and '647 [data tapping] patents, because it is clear that infringement can be shown with respect to these patents based on the current record".

Samsung Galaxy S III is expect to go on sale in the U.S. on June 21st.