(BBC) - Samsung has added Apple's latest handset to a US patent lawsuit claiming the iPhone 5 infringes eight of its technologies.
The disputed innovations include a way to synchronise photos, music and video files across several devices, and a method to capture and send video over the internet.
Samsung had already filed claims against earlier iPhones and iPads.
It coincides with calls from a judge for "major reforms" to US patent law.
Judge Richard Posner, who previously oversaw a legal dispute involving Apple and Google's Motorola unit, said that protection available to software patents was "excessive".
Samsung's legal move is the latest in a long running battle with Apple.
The US firm has claimed that the Galaxy device maker copied the look and iOS system software found on its tablets and handsets... Source/Origin >> Read More
