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Videophone patent troll goes after Apple and co.
As one patent troll hopefully goes down, another one emerges. While it’s too soon to know for sure, we can only hope that Apple’s pointed response to Lodsys and its efforts to extort money from Apple will see the company wither up and die. But you cut off one head, and another emerges. Update: And […]
Continue reading...Lodsys ignores Apple, proceeds to sue iOS developers
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Well that was quick. Just one week after targeted iOS developers felt they were in the clear after Apple issued a strongly worded response to Lodsys over alleged claims of patent infringement, the patent troll has decided to move forward with its plans regardless. Lodsys today published a sequence of blogposts where it detailed its […]
Continue reading...SEC violated procurement law when it purchased $1 million worth of equipment from Apple
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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A strange story emanated from our nation’s capital last week when the Washington Post reported that the SEC violated procurement law when it purchased over $1 million in computer equipment from Apple. Not only that, but the purchased equipment malfunctioned and failed to work as advertised. Now the reason why the SEC’s actions were wrong […]
Continue reading...Samsung unfazed by Apple lawsuits, pushing ahead with tablet releases this Summer
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
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As Apple lays the legal pressure on Samsung, the South Korean based manufacturer seems unfazed by the impending litigation waiting at its doorsteps. As a quick refresher, Apple recently sued Samsung for patent infringement claiming that it’s lineup of Galaxy smartphones and tablets “slavlishly” copy the look and fee of its iOS products. And not […]
Continue reading...Microsoft extracts $5 licensing fee per Android device from HTC
Monday, May 30, 2011
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It’s no secret that Microsoft is looking to put up the good fight against Android by going after the hardware manufacturers that put it on their devices – which explains why Redmond thus far has gone after the likes of Motorola, Barnes and Noble, and HTC. HTC, however, was quick to strike a licensing deal […]
Continue reading...Samsung wants Apple to hand over the iPhone 5 and iPad 3. Seriously?!
Sunday, May 29, 2011
And so the plot thickens in the ongoing legal battle between Samsung in Apple. Two weeks ago, Samsung was ordered to provide the court with 5 of their unreleased products, complete with packaging, as to compare them to Apple’s own offerings. While Samsung argued that doing so would put it at a competitive disadvantage, Judge […]
Continue reading...Lodsys now going after Android developers
Friday, May 27, 2011
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A quick recap from the world of patent trolling. A few weeks back, a patent holding company named Lodsys sent out letters to a number of independent iOS developers claiming that their implementation of in-app purchases infringed on one of Lodsys’ patents. The letters gave developers a 21 day window within which they could strike […]
Continue reading...Judge approves Apple request to see “unreleased” Samsung hardware
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Samsung last Wednesday was ordered to hand over to Apple five as-of-yet unreleased products so that Apple can compare them to their own offerings ahead of litigation. Update: To be clear, the Judge approved Apple’s request. However, the products in question will be for “outside counsel eyes only.” In other words, Apple and its legal […]
Continue reading...Why the Lodsys patent troll drama may not yet be over
Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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Apple yesterday warmed the hearts of developers when it took a stand against Lodsys and effectively sent them a cease and desist letter warning them to stop trying to enforce patents iOS developers are undisputedly licensed under via Apple. Apple’s letter reads in part: “Apple requests that Lodsys immediately withdraw all notice letters sent to […]
Continue reading...Apple tells Lodsys to shove it; Explains why iOS developers are “undisputedly licensed”
Monday, May 23, 2011
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In what is undoubtedly a huge relief to iOS developers, Apple today issued an official response to Lodsys CEO Mark Small explaining in extreme detail that Apple’s license to Lodsys’ patents extends out to developers. Crafted by Apple’s General Counsel Bruce Sewell, the letter is quite aggressive in its tone and will hopefully scare off […]
Continue reading...Apple is “actively investigating” Lodsys patent issue
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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The Guardian reports that Apple is “actively investigating” the allegation from Lodsys that iOS developers are infringing upon Lodsys owned patents. So far Lodsys has served papers on about a dozen iOS developers who it says are infringing its patent 10/732,102, which it bought in 2004 from the inventor, who filed it in the 1990s, […]
Continue reading...Lodsys patents at issue in iOS patent trolling “case” set to expire in August 2012 – Report
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
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In the latest example of patent trolling, a company called Lodsys last week began sending out letters to independent iOS app developers asking them to licensing “patented” technology under the implied threat of litigation. The patent in question – US Pat. No. 7,222,078 – covers “methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity […]
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Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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