One of the hobbies i have taken up is patent troll watching. Thanks to Flowing Data for pointing out work by Mike Bostock which visualizes the data of who is suing who in the mobile patent warfare battles. To see a live version of this data network go to the bl.ocks.org website here.
The data on this chart indicates that Apple is at the heart of mobile patent warfare. Apple (AAPL) has been involved in 9 patent lawsuits. Other prodigious mobile patent litigators include Microsoft (MSFT) with 8 lawsuits, Kodak (KODK) with 7 suits, and newly created Google (GOOG)/Motorola union is involved in 5 mobile patent warfare skirmishes.
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- Google’s patent plot thickens with new Microsoft lawsuit against Motorola Mobility (venturebeat.com)
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