Apple patent and trademark skirmishes through the years  Its
cases against phone maker HTC and clone maker Psystar are hardly
the only times that Apple has used the law to try to get its
way.  Nexus One Android  The Nexus One is at the center of
Apple's ongoing suit against HTC for patent infringement.
(Credit: Josh Lowensohn/CNET)  Sometimes it doesn't take more
than a cease-and-desist letter, or some good backroom
negotiating skills, for Apple to get what it wants.  The use of
the term "pod" was one such case. Getting the trademark on the
name "iPhone" was another. But plenty of times Apple turned to
lawyers and mounds of paperwork to defend its intellectual
property, or more often, defend itself.  The most recent legal
wrangling Apple has engaged in willingly is the high-profile
suit against HTC, maker of smartphones like the Eris and Nexus
One. It's assumed by many to be a thinly veiled shot at Google,
which makes the Android operating system that runs on those
phones. When Apple filed the legal complain