Mini iPad + Samsung Enjoined for Android's Sin

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(1) Loraine Luk, Apple Preps for New Tablet; Parts makers in Asia gear up to produce device with smaller screen than iPad. Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... ?mod=googlenews_wsj
(Apple hires screen makers LG Display and AU Optronics to make a tablet "smaller than 8 inches", compared to iPad's 9.7-inch screen)

Note: The report cites
Jessica Vascellaro, Apple, Suppliers Test Tablet With Smaller Screen. WSJ, Feb 15, 2012.

(2) Juro Osawa, Sausung Loses Stay Request on Nexus. WSJ, July 5, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 06183884666496.html

Summary:
(a) US district court in California issued on Friday (June 29) a preliminary injunction against sale in US of Samsung Galaxy Nexus smartphone in a lawsuit initiated by Apple. Samsung asked that court to stay (or suspend) the injunction while it appealed, but the court denied it (Samsung may immediately goes to court of appeals to request for an stay while the appeal is pending). WSJ: ung said it is working closely with Google Inc to resolve the matter, as the patent in question concerns Google's unified search function. The Galaxy Nexus runs on Google's Android operating system."
(b) The print, as opposed to online, version includes a second part: Meanwhile, the English High Court on Wednesday found that Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp didn't infringe on Apple's photo-mangement patent * * *
, which is (except "Meanwhile") from another WSJ ONLINE report (with a different byline):
Vladimir Guevarra, UK Court Says HTC Smartphones Don't Infringe Apple Patent.
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120704-705598.html

Note: Spanish surname Guevarra is a variant of another surname Guevara (as in Che Guevara). The latteer is Castilianized form of Basque Gebara, a place name whose origin and meaning are uncertain.

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Peter Burrows and Adam Satariano, Apple Said to Plan Smaller IPad to Vie With Google Nexus. Bloomberg, July 4, 2012.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/20 ... -the-ipad-mini.html