"... find yourself in a position where the only way to protect yourself is not to assert your own IP, but to have to resort to buying IP you didn't create." Tr

"... find yourself in a position where the only way to protect yourself is not to assert your own IP, but to have to resort to buying IP you didn't create." True to a point. But isn't it telling that Apple had to resort to buying IP it didn't create? What does that tell you?