In Pictures: Apple vs. The World - Apple’s definitive legal battles

Here you’ll find a list of some of the most important, influential, notable, and even downright silly legal battles that Apple has been involved in since first forming in 1976.

Apple vs. HTC

Apple sued HTC in 2010 for allegedly violating 20 patents pertaining to the iPhone's user interface, hardware and architecture. At the time, Steve Jobs said "We can sit by and watch competitors steal our patented inventions, or we can do something about it. We've decided to do something about it." The two companies settled in November 2012, putting an end to at least one Android-based litigation.

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