October 17, 2011 5:43 pm

The smartphone patent wars

By Marissa Oberlander, Martin Stabe and Steve Bernard

Patent wars are raging in the smartphone industry. What began as Apple v Google Android conflict has turned into a vast legal quagmire involving everyone from Amazon to ZTE.

In the graphic below, click on a company’s logo to see details of its patent lawsuits and licensing agreements, and then click again for details of individual cases.

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