[Terretta]

You're starting your history a few lawsuits too late. Apple was not among the incumbents in the smartphone industry who initiated the practice of lawsuits as royalty negotiation tools. Around the same time as press started pointing out Apple's disproportionate piece not of smartphone marketshare but of smartphone profits, Apple became a target. But, not an easy target. They had profits to fight back with. Now when the incumbents face setbacks, and people no longer see Apple as underdog, turns out those people who didn't notice how this started now blame Apple for playing the game the others started. Sorry, but that's revisionist.

Again, these are not "patent wars", these are royalty negotiations, and this was how it was done among the phone makers long before Apple had a phone. The only thing different is that you're paying attention, while Apple doesn't just cave to pay royalties it doesn't think it owes such as for FRAND patents or patents licensed through purchase of licensed chips.