iPhone 4S’s antenna may infringe upon Samsung’s patents

One of the interesting features of Apple’s new iPhone 4S is its antenna system, which apparently is intelligent enough to switch between multiple antennas, and while that might seem like a groundbreaking feature to the layman, its a feature that has apparently been around for quite a while and more importantly, its patents belong to none other than… Samsung.

According to a Danish professor Gert Frølund Pedersen, this system not only could have fixed the “death grip” issue that plagued iPhone 4 handsets in the past, but it could possibly be infringing upon some of Samsung’s patents, and he should know since he sold those patents to Samsung about four years ago. He claims that while there is a chance that Apple may have come up with a different implementation, but says that “there are not many ways they can choose the right antenna, without breaking many patents.”

With Samsung looking to seek injunctions against the iPhone 4S all around the world, could this new revelation be the ace in the hole that Samsung needs in order to finally start turning things around?