People who have been avidly following the hottest mobile feud of the century should be thanking the clerks at the San Jose District courthouse for scanning the complaint that Apple (News - Alert) filed against Samsung, before filing it.

Because of their risqué paper pushing, we now know that Apple is suing Samsung for 17 products that they claim infringe on the 8 total patents listed in the complaint.

Some people argue that some of the patents, like the 721 patent that is titled, “Unlocking a device by performing gestures on an unlock image,” are absurd for Apple to claim as theirs. What next? Are they going to claim to have invented spell check, too?

Apple is claiming that the Galaxy Nexus is among the devices that infringe on Apple’s patent rights. Does this mean …? Yes! Google’s (News - Alert) Android 4.0 “Ice Cream Sandwich” may never legally make it into the hands of U.S. consumers. And the Galaxy Nexus is only one of the seventeen. Below is the complete list as listed on the complaint:

The Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Galaxy S II – T-Mobile (News - Alert), Galaxy S II – AT&T, Galaxy Nexus, Illusion, Captivate Glide, Exhibit II 4G, Stratosphere, Transform Ultra, Admire, Conquer 4G, and Dart smartphones, the Galaxy Player 4.0 and Galaxy Player 5.0 media players, and the Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus and Galaxy Tab 8.9 tablets.

Before you dismiss the notion that Apple could ever win this battle, take a look at what just happened in Germany. The EU sided with Apple’s claim that Samsung (News - Alert) was producing evil twin gadgets, and now German consumers cannot buy the Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 8.9. Both of these tablets allegedly violate Apple’s intellectual rights to the iPad2.

However, both the Australians and the Dutch have sided with Samsung and agreed that Samsung products were different enough to not be considered iFakes.