I think it's more that their legal department is busy with enabling their business. Which is doing well. Typically industry lobbying is performed through indust

I think it's more that their legal department is busy with enabling their business. Which is doing well. Typically industry lobbying is performed through industry associations, not by companies themselves. Why would Apple shoulder the burden of the lobbying effort when all of the other tech companies would be happy to ride their coat-tails? Additionally, the political climate re IP lobbying in the past 5 years has been non-optimal to push for changes. Apple has been involved in several very large IP disputes, which makes their involvement look self serving, the AIA was relatively new and some people wanted to wait to see if it would be effective, a new USPTO director came in only a year ago* (prior to which the previous director was very unlikely to make large changes at the end of their mandate), and the current administration is very hostile towards coastal IP-centric business. *Oh, and he's fucking horrible: https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/10/19/iancu-risk-takers-patent-troll-narrative-orwellian-doublespeak/id=102474/ https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2018/10/19/iancu-risk-takers-pate...