InsiderMonkey Link: Apple Inc. Patent Wars Affect Perception: Survey “Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) has been in a series of patent battles in courtrooms all around the world – in fact one story from the New York Times suggested that Apple and Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) are two tech companies that spent more money on patent litigation and patent purchases than in research and development (R&D) over the last year. Despite that however it seems that the litigation efforts have had an impact on the perception by the public of a company – specifically a recent survey of consumers were asked their ...