> If Apple's got it patented, then I as an Android and Pentax user don't have to worry about it being stuffed into my devices. Why, tech companies cross licens

> If Apple's got it patented, then I as an Android and Pentax user don't have to worry about it being stuffed into my devices. Why, tech companies cross license patents all the time inorder to use "technology" that another company patented. Occasionally you hear about it because it's the outcome of a lawsuit but most times it happens without becoming very public.