Is This War Chest Microsoft's Secret Weapon?

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Patents are an absolutely essential part of the business landscape today, but the enormous power they wield over companies that rely on intellectual property for profits can also disproportionately favor those that can afford the most. 

One company that seems to have more than anyone else is Microsoft. Despite being a tech laggard recently, it has a patent war chest that is nearly 5 times as large as Apple's.

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