Apple on Software Patents
From Techrights
Apple used patents for deterrence and than litigation against Linux-powered products. Here is some of the early history.
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2008
- Apple’s Latest Software Patent Headaches, Disregard for Standards
- Nokia, Apple, Microsoft, and Other Software Patent Brats
2009
- Apple’s Third Offense Against Linux-powered Palm Gadgets
- How Microsoft (and Apple) Wants to Own GNU/Linux, in the ‘Intellectual’ Sense
- Patents Roundup: Nokia and Apple Cross Swords, British Patent System Becomes Form of Tax, Israel Besieged by Software Patents
- Apple’s, Microsoft’s and the Gates Foundation’s Games with Intellectual Monopolies
- Nokia Expands Patent Strike Against Apple
- Familiar Villains: Apple and Blackboard Attack Linux/Free Software Again
- Novell Collects Software Patents While Apple Attacks Linux with Patents
2010
- Novell is Still Fishing for Software Patents, Microsoft and Apple Do Patent Evils
- Apple Does Not Support Standards; Neither Does Microsoft
- Let’s Not Forget Apple’s Patent Threat to Linux
- Patents Roundup: Several Defeats for Bad Types of Patents, Apple Risks Embargo, and Microsoft Lobbies Europe Intensely
2013
2015
Also see: Apple vs HTC