Analysis – Apple going after Google in tablet spats?

Apple Inc’s increasingly effective patent war against rivals like Samsung Electronics may mask its real target: arch-foe Google Inc.The maker of the iPad and iPhone has sued three of the largest manufacturers of Google’s Android-based devices — Samsung, Motorola and HTC — for multiple patent infringements across multiple countries, pointing out “slavish copying” of design and “look and feel.”To read this Reuters report in full, see”
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