http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prior_art
Apple can have all the patents it wants on UX's (sw patents are hugely questionable anyway), it wont count for anything if Jolla can demonstrate they already implemented aspects of the UX that Apple or whoever is claiming they've patented.
Sure maybe they should arrange some so they can be used defensively, as being dragged through the court/patent system can be expensive, it's really quite sad that they may have to resort to that though.