Smartphone patent lawsuits' impact will trickle down to developers - FierceWireless

Mobile developers are certainly not immune to the ramifications of all the ongoing patent disputes that are plaguing the wireless industry. All the top smartphone makers, mobile operating system platforms and chip makers are currently involved in some form of patent litigation. In fact, Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZ) recently released the below chart to FierceWireless, which cleverly maps out all the pending patent lawsuits.