Some experts think that Apple should give up and settle the patent disputes.

It's unclear whether the company will get involved in the patent dispute.

The public's anticipation was fueled by news of the patent disputes.

Fueling the debate is the often difficult distinction between fact and law in patent disputes.

But the early days of the telephone were marked by many other patent disputes.

But there is a patent dispute over the drug.

The new drug still faces years of testing, however, and is not expected to affect the other patent disputes.

Microsoft has portrayed the patent disputes as the important issue in the deal.

The two are locked in an international patent disputes, with some 20 court cases around the world.

The case is just one in a series of patent disputes that have rocked the software industry.