Tuesday Apple Rumors: Defending Apple Patents Is Big Business

Here are today's Apple rumors and AAPL stock items. Apple Spends Big on
Rising Legal Fees: Apples patent wars with its many competitors in the mobile
device market arent fought for free. Filing lawsuits against Motorola (NYSE: MMI
), Samsung (PINK: SSNLF ), and the rest in countries around the world is an
expensive process. According to Newsweek s Dan Lyons, at least one person close
to the situation said that Apple spent $100 million on its first claims against
HTC (PINK: HTCXF ) alone. Whats more, of the 84 claims of infringement on 10
patents held by Apple, the International Trade Commission found that HTC was
infringing on only one patent held by Apple. With more than $76 billion in cash
lying around, the Cupertino, Calif., company certainly can cover these costs.
But there have got to be better ways to combat Google (NASDAQ: GOOG ) Android
phones in the market than by throwing money at lawsuits. Dutch Court Says
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Doesnt Infringe on Apple Patents: Speaking of Apples
flailing litigation, its claims against Samsungs recently redesigned tablet have
been struck down in another court. A Tuesday report at FOSS Patents (via Apple
Insider ) said Apples claim against the Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet in the
Netherlands was invalid because Apples patent was too narrowly defined to be
infringed on by the Samsung iPad competitor. The Dutch courts decision sets a
worrisome precedent for Apple, which next week faces a German court decision
over similar infringement claims. Light Field Cameras for Future iPhones?: Lytro
makes Light Field Cameras. Named by Popular Science as the 2011 Innovation of
the Year, Light Field Cameras capture the entire light field when a picture is
taken, allowing the photographer to more easily manipulate the image (change
focus, color, etc.). According to Adam Lashinskys new book, Inside Apple , on
the inner workings of Apple (via a report at 9 to 5 Mac ), the late Steve Jobs
was definitely interested in adding Lytros innovative cameras to the iPhone. A
passage in Inside Apple said Lytro CEO Ren Ng met with Jobs and was asked to
send the executive an email outlining three ways Lytro could work with Apple. As
of this writing, Anthony John Agnello did not hold a position in any of the
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