If you hate to read these stories, imagine how much we hate to
write them: yet another volley has been tossed in the patent
battle between Samsung and Apple. This time it's the Korean
manufacturer taking its intellectual property guns out against
Apple, claiming that the shiny new iPhone 5 violates eight of
its software patents.iphone 5 gavel  Samsung claims six utility
patents and two standard essential patents. The later (USPTO
filings 7,551,596 and 7,756,087) have to do with data transfers
on mobile networks, while the former (USPTO 7,672,470,
7,577,757, 7,232,058, 6,292,179, 6,226,449, and 5,579,239) are
more varied, ranging from audio streaming and control to
keyboard and voice inputs. In case that isn't enough to make
your head spin, this is just an addendum to a lawsuit already in
motion. Samsung is adding the iPhone 5 to its claims covering
other Apple products, including earlier iPhones, laptops and
desktops, and Apple TV. All eight patents were already in the
suit, currently scheduled to go before J