Apple patent and trademark skirmishes through the years


Nexus One Android
The Nexus One is at the center of Apple's ongoing suit against HTC for patent infringement.
(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET)
Sometimes it doesn't take more than a cease-and-desist letter, or some good backroom negotiating skills, for Apple to get what it wants.
The use of the term "pod" was one such case. Getting the trademark on the name "iPhone" was another. But plenty of times Apple turned to lawyers and mounds of paperwork to defend its intellectual property, or more often, defend itself. [Read more...]