Earlier this month I wrote about how Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is getting involved with Lodsys’ patent infringement case against Apple App Store developers that have in-app purchases built into their applications. Lodsys filed a lawsuit against about a dozen iOS developers that are allegedly infringing on the 10/732,102 patent. Below is a letter that Apple sent to Lodsys:

This week Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is preparing to face off against Nokia Oyj in the in front of the International Trade Commission this week. Nokia claims that Apple is in violation of intellectual property. This is a similar case that HTC and Motorola filed against Apple. To prepare for the lawsuits, Apple has hired some of the top patent lawyers across the country.

Gray Powell, a graduate from North Carolina State University and an Apple Software Engineer was out celebrating his birthday at an establishment called The Gourmet Haus Staudt in Redwood City, California. Powell’s responsibilities are to work on the iPhone Baseband Software, which allows the iPhone to make phone calls. On March 18, 2010 the night of his 27th birthday he was at the Redwood City bar celebrating. He was celebrating and even wrote a status message from the iPhone he had on him, “I underestimated how good German beer is.” The phone that he was using was the new iPhone disguised as an iPhone 3G S. And he left that iPhone on a bar stool. Eventually that iPhone found its way into tech blog Gizmodo’s hands at the cost of $5,000 from someone that found it.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is countersuing Nokia Corporation (NYSE:NOK) over patent infringement. This past October, Nokia Corporation decided to sue Apple over 10 patents. Now Apple is suing Nokia back over 13 patents.

“Other companies must compete with us by inventing their own technologies, not just by stealing ours,” stated Apple General Counsel and SVP Bruce Sewell.

Below is the full response from Apple:

Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC)’s top lawyer Bruce Sewell and SVP of Digital Enterprise both stepped down this week. The departures come off as a surprise to the company as Gelsinger was supposed to give a keynote speech at the Intel developer forum and Sewell lead the fight against the EU’s antitrust allegations.

Both Sewell and Gelsinger are joining other major corporation. EMC Corporation hired Gelsinger as the President and COO of information infrastructure products. Sewell is becoming the General Counsel and SVP of Apple Inc.

Since Intel’s CEO Paul Otellini is relatively new to the position, it was uncertain that Gelsinger would have a chance at becoming CEO of Intel. Gelsinger may have a better chance becoming CEO of EMC down the line. Suzan Miller, the Intel deputy general counsel will fill in for Sewell temporarily.

Daniel Cooperman, Apple’s General Counsel and SVP of Legal and Government Affairs is retiring at the end of September which opened up the position for Sewell. “We are thrilled to have Bruce join our executive team, and wish Dan a very happy retirement,” stated Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a press release. “With Bruce’s extensive experience in litigation, securities and intellectual property, we expect this to be a seamless transition.”