All that is understandable now, but what if we'd had the money and the know how. Actually the knowhow would have suficed IMO. Would you say we'r taking the 'top-down' or 'bottoms-up' approach?
'' Apple got its reputation for abusing patents even before the iPhone appeared.''
''Apple becomes one of the most sued companies on earth''
http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/08/09/the-iphone-patent-wars-early-patent-skirmishes-of-apple-inc-in-pictures
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