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Korean giant Samsung has filed papers at a US court claiming that Apple’s latest iPad mini, released this month, infringes eight technology patents.

Samsung has asked a judge to add the 7.9-inch Apple tablet to a list of products, including the iPod Touch 5, and the iPad 4, which it claims violate patents on radio signaling technologies.

A patent war has engulfed technology giants with firms trying to make sure the others’ latest products are involved in the legal dispute in a bid get sales banned.

Apple and Samsung have filed cases against each other in more than 10 countries, each accusing the other of violating its patents.

Last week Apple successfully applied to add Google’s latest mobile operating system, Android 4.2, Jelly Bean, to the case.

In a minor victory for Samsung, on Wednesday, the judge ordered Apple to disclose the financial details of its patent licensing deal with HTC.

Samsung has filed papers at a US court claiming that Apple's latest iPad mini, released this month, infringes eight technology patents

Samsung has filed papers at a US court claiming that Apple’s latest iPad mini, released this month, infringes eight technology patents

Apple and HTC signed a 10-year license agreement earlier this month, but did not make the details public.

But the court ordered Apple to produce a full copy of the settlement agreement “without delay”, subject to an “attorneys’ eyes only” designation, meaning it will not be made public.

Legal experts say the question of which patents are covered by the HTC settlement, and licensing details, could be instrumental in Samsung’s efforts to thwart Apple’s subsequent quest for a permanent sales ban on its products.

Samsung has argued it is “almost certain” that the HTC deal covers some of the same patents involved in its own litigation with Apple.

It seeks to show Apple is willing to license its technology if the price is right.

It has been speculated that HTC has agreed to pay Apple a royalty of up to $8 on each smartphone it sells, but the figure has been flatly denied by the firm’s chief executive.

The settlement of Apple and HTC ended their worldwide litigation and brought to a close one of the first major flare-ups in the global smartphone patent wars.

Apple first sued HTC in 2010, setting in motion a legal conflagration that has since circled the globe and engulfed the biggest names in mobile technology.

Google has revealed Jelly Bean Android 4.1 – the latest version of its Android system software.

Google described the code as the “fastest and smoothest” version of its mobile system to date.

It has also added the ability to type using speech recognition without needing to be connected to the net.

Google revealed that 400 million Android devices have now been activated, four times as many as last year.

It added that the number is growing at a rate of 12 machines every second.

 

Google has revealed Jelly Bean Android 4.1, the latest version of its Android system software

Google has revealed Jelly Bean Android 4.1, the latest version of its Android system software

The update also aims to take advantage of some of the company’s recent search innovations including its Knowledge Graph – an effort to offer useful information rather than links in response to queries.

This has been integrated into its voice search service so a smartphone can respond to demands such as “how tall is the Seattle space needle” or “show me pictures of pygmy marmosets”.

The effort poses competition to Apple’s Siri service.

The firm also unveiled Google Now – which triggers useful information without the user having to ask for it.

Examples given included proposing the best route home based on a device’s knowledge of when a user typically leaves work and the current traffic conditions.

In addition it suggests restaurants and their best dishes when the user walks down the street and offers updates about favorite sports teams based on previous searches.

Google said it aimed to release over-the-air updates to existing devices to let them run the new software from mid-July.