Apple on Software Patents

Apple used patents for deterrence and than litigation against Linux-powered products. Here is some of the early history.

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

All Your Rectangles Are Not Apple’s

2015

Apple Makes Use of Alice v. CLS Bank (Alice/§101) to Invalidate Software Patents, But ITC Pretends Nothing Happened

Also see: Apple vs HTC