"Some of their fishing vessels and coastguards [are] acting in unprofessional manners in the vicinity of the military forces or fishing vessels of other countries in a way that's designed to attempt to establish a degree of control around disputed features," Denmark said.
According to one survey, 93percentt of the Filipinos fear an outright war (with China) over disputed features, with a clear majority (58percentt) viewing Beijing as a national security threat.
Other disputes featured on the IMF's risk register.
"But the bigger issue here is that other handsets - including Samsung's flagship Galaxy S3 - also offer the same disputed feature and Apple may aggressively enforce this patent against these devices as well, depending on the court's upcoming decision.
To begin the discussion over a disputed feature value, panel members who had rated the disputed feature with either its highest and lowest scores were asked to clarify their considerations.
Larry Iser, an attorney who has represented the Beatles and Michael Jackson and is not directly involved in the case, said in a phone interview the opening riff in dispute, which features a minor key and a descending bass line, is a common musical device used on other hit songs.
The order Trigonioida traditionally has been located within the subclass Palaeoheterodonta, but this has also been disputed, anatomic features suggesting instead an affinity with the subclass Pteriomorphia.
However, given that this is a case involving disputes over features in software - rather than the hardware of the devices - many have speculated that it is as much about Apple taking on Google, as it is about Samsung.
In the meantime, China continues to expand its military footprint across disputed land features, provoking anxieties among the Philippines defense-intelligentsia-media establishment.
