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Apple really seems to enjoy suing people. So much for their old "we're indie and fighting the evil empire" mantra :/

• jedberg 15y ago
  All but one of those lines is bidirectional, and it doesn't indicate "who shot first", so it is quite possible those are all defensive suits.
• SoftwareMaven 15y ago
  Or Apple is a convenient target with lots of cash. Or, more likely, Apple feels like it really does own its IP and that it would be catastrophic to it's business to see hundreds of iPhone clones running around. Apple is also trying to jump into lawsuits they weren't named in for their develoers' sakes. Just knowing how many lines are coming out of a place doesn't give knowledge of who is right or wrong. The stupid laws beget stupid law suits. More interesting will be to see the outcomes. Apple doesn't generally like cross-licensing, so they may go all the way to verdict. If the suits were frivolous, we should find out.
  • throwaway32 15y ago
    In most (all?) of the cases listed in the graphic, apple is the one that started litigation, and then was countersued, this has nothing to do with apple being a "convenient target with lots of cash", nor are any of these suits "for their develoers' sakes".