Another Apple suit, which the company filed in February, contends that all eight of the patents it is asserting are beinginfringed by features related to Android.
He is arguing that his rights as an EU citizen are beinginfringed because he will not be able to vote for in the European Parliamentary elections in 2014.
The bills have been strongly supported by lobby groups such as the American Civil Liberties Union, which fear that the protections offered by the First Amendment are beinginfringed by the unfettered use of libel law in non-American jurisdictions.
Various irritations may have stirred Ethiopia's fear of being cut off from the sea, and Eritrea's fear that its new independence might be infringed by a resentful Ethiopia.