[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Every Tech company on the planet may end up involved in this....

We already have IBM in it:

Reuters Wants to Publish Unredacted IBM-Samsung Patent License Agreement (Apple v. Samsung); IBM Moves to Block ~pj Updated 2Xs

[Marine_Uncle]

Looks like Apple is a bunch of crooks :)
On a more serious note. Obviously these things have been going on for years, as your well aware. And often justice due to a given patent holder in the end, doesn't amount to a hill of beans.