Patent war

There are ongoing patent wars between the world's largest technology and software corporations.

Contemporary patent wars are a global phenomenon, fought by multinational corporations based in the United States, China, Europe, Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

In the Wright brothers patent war, the Wright brothers, attributed with the invention of the airplane, sought to prevent competitors from manufacturing airplanes through litigation, stifling the development of the American airline industry.

[4] Alexander Graham Bell, credited with inventing the telephone, was dragged into a patent war against his rivals, which involved, in just 11 years, 600 lawsuits.

[12][13] In 2004, Sony and Kodak engaged in a patent war over digital cameras,[14] a dispute which lasted until 2007.

[3] Apple has been accused of having links to the company Digitude Innovations, which has been labeled as a patent troll.