PATENT WAR: HOW APPLE & THE INDUSTRY HAVE HANDLED IT
Apple is more than familiar with the unique challenges posed by patents. The purpose of a patent is to protect an individual or organization’s right to exclusively make, use or sell an invention. That sounds simple; however, in practice, patents have brought various headaches for tech titans, not least Apple. This likely helps explain why Apple is moving even more responsibilities for iPhone production in-house, as the following instances of patent pain further demonstrate.
SAMSUNG FOR YOUR SUPPER
When observers of the tech world follow Apple, they seemingly never have to wait long for another story about patent struggles for the Cupertino firm. Perhaps the most high-profile example in recent weeks has been that of Apple’s recent hard-won victory over Samsung in the long-running legal fight between the two major rivals. In late May, a jury at
