Several large Corporations (Apple most notably) have licensed the ISA
but not ARM designs, the barrier to entry is high and the ISA itself
protected from interference as a result.
-* x86, famous for a Court Ruling in 2004 where a Judge "banged heads
+* x86, famous for an unprecedented
+ Court Ruling in 2004 where a Judge "banged heads
together" and ordered AMD and Intel to stop wasting his time,
make peace, and cross-license each other's patents, anyone wishing
to use the x86 ISA need only look at Transmeta, SiS, the Vortex x86,