By Susan Decker -
Samsung Electronics Co. (005930) , sought to steal market share by selling a Galaxy Nexus phone that copies a feature that makes the iPhone’s Siri virtual personal assistant so compelling, Apple Inc. told a U.S. appeals court. “This was the beat-Apple strategy,” Apple lawyer , said yesterday in arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in . “This was the top of the line, Cadillac phone they trotted out to compete with the iPhone.” Samsung, the world’s largest maker of smartphones, is seeking to overturn an order to stop selling the Galaxy Nexus in the U.S. until a patent-infringement case brought by Apple can be held. The case, which involves different patents than those at the heart of a trial under way in , is scheduled for tri...