Apple is hiring more lawyers in its battles against Nokia, Motorola and HTC over alleged patent violations, reports “Bloomberg” (http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-11-29/apple-lawyers-up-for-patent-showdowns-with-nokia-motorola-htc.html).
Apple has been the most-sued technology company since 2008, the year after the iPhone was introduced, topping Microsoft Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., according to LegalMetric Inc., a compiler of litigation data based in St. Louis.
“Bloomberg” says Apple CEO Steve Jobs is recruiting lawyers who have fought for and against some of the world’s largest companies, including Microsoft, Intel Corp. and Broadcom Corp. Broadcom won a patent dispute with Qualcomm Inc. last year that ended with Qualcomm paying $891 million in cash over four years.