Apple General Counsel Sewell Becomes Protector of Jobs’s Vision
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If Steve Jobs was the creative force that made Apple Inc.’s products hip, General Counsel Bruce Sewell is the authority in keeping competitors from copying those ideas.
Hired from Intel Corp. in 2009, Sewell, 52, has led Apple’s fight against mobile devices running Google Inc.’s Android operating system in lawsuits spanning four continents. His biggest role has been in coordinating the Cupertino, California-based company’s legal strategy against Android customers Samsung Electronics Co., Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. and HTC Corp.