The So-Called "Smartphone Patent Wars" Ended When

question 32

Multiple Choice

The so-called "smartphone patent wars" ended when

• A) Samsung agreed to stop copying Apple's design features.
• B) Apple bought all of the patents owned by Samsung and Nokia.
• C) the smartphone makers agreed to stop patenting new inventions.
• D) the smartphone makers agreed to cross-license each other's patents.
• E) the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that "look and feel" could not be patented.

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