Don't be fooled, what Apple is doing, is not about protecting ideas, it's about 1 thing, Money! At the rate Android is exploding onto the scene, they stand to lose a nifty piece of their market share. They're not going to sit back and let a better product take their share without fighting to slow it's pace.
Apple got lazy over the last few years, iphone really hasn't changed much since it's first version, they got fat and lazy, and someone who was hungrier, now has something better and they're panicing. So what do they do? File a lawsuite against a small company like HTC to try to make a statement, make no mistake, they're real target is Android, but they're picking on HTC because unless google/microsoft back HTC, HTC will not be able to afford a long drawn out court battle. This is Apple's best chance of winning and they know it.
I don't think their intent is to stop Android in it's tracks, I think they know, software patents are hard to enforce, and no court will enforce software monopoly (Look at how courts ruled against Microsoft and the IE Explorer being part of the os), in the end they'll get what they really want, Money, from Android/HTC, that's about it. No doubt they'll settle once they get the right price for their patents.
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