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Apple granted permission to intervene in Lodsys lawsuits
Remember Lodsys, everyone’s favorite patent troll? In 2011, a company named Lodsys began sending out letters to a number of iOS developers claiming that their apps infringed upon Lodsys’ patents. This of course created quite a stir in the iOS developer community and, by extension, creates quite a headache for Apple. Consequently, Apple this past […]
Continue reading...Apple files reply brief to Lodsys’ motion seeking to bar Apple from intervening in iOS lawsuits
Monday, August 8, 2011
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Apple today filed its reply brief to Lodsys’ motion arguing that Apple should not be allowed to intervene in Lodsys’ ongoing litigation against an ever growing number of iOS developers who allegedly infringe a Lodsys owned patent. Florian Mueller generously posted Apple’s brief up on Scribd if you wanna take a look at it in […]
Continue reading...iOS developer Mike Lee looks to start group of independent developers to take on patent trolls
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
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With patent trolls like Lodsys an unfortunate reality, a new initiative spearheaded by iOS developer Mike Lee looks to combat frivolous and overwhelmingly distracting lawsuits by forming a group called the Appsterdam Legal Defense Team. Comprised of and funded by iOS developers, the group will function as a single unit to take on patent trolls […]
Continue reading...Lodsys argues against Apple’s motion to intervene on behalf of iOS developers
Thursday, July 28, 2011
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Lodsys is not only moving ahead with its lawsuits against both iOS and Android developers, but is expanding the scope of its lawsuit to include big time companies such as EA and Rovio, the developers behind Angry Birds. In the simplest of terms, Lodsys asserts that a number of apps that implement in-app purchasing infringe […]
Continue reading...Lodsys ups the ante, files suit against EA, Atari, Rovio and more
Thursday, July 21, 2011
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There’s got to be a special place in hell for patent trolls, but that is, perhaps, a discussion best relegated to the comment section. FOSS Patents is reporting that Lodsys has now amended its original complaint against iOS and Android developers to include some big name defendants. Lodsys’ new complaint alleges that the following companies […]
Continue reading...Apple’s patent portfolio manager Richard “Chip” Lutton set to leave the company
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
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Apple may very well be in the throes of the most litigious period in company history. As Apple emerged from the brink of bankruptcy in the late 90s to become one of the leading consumer electronic companies in the world, it’s bank account ballooned into the billions and the company increasingly became the target for […]
Continue reading...Eric Schmidt smugly wary of Apple’s involvement in Nortel patent acquisition
Monday, July 11, 2011
Less than two weeks ago, Apple was part of a consortioum of tech companies who acquired over 6,000 patents from Nortel. Together with EMC, Ericsson, Microsoft, RIM, and Sony, the winning bid was $4.5 billion. Lost in the shuffle, notably, was Google whose bids reached up into the billions but couldn’t compete with the combined […]
Continue reading...Lodsys’ BS Patent Claims
Friday, June 10, 2011
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Patrick T. Igoe of ApplePatent has an illuminating discussion on the complete BS Lodsys is trying to peddle around in its claims of patent infringement. Much like in my analysis regarding the Apple iOS developers and their apps, Lodsys appears to be either intentionally ignoring important aspects of the claim that are not met by […]
Continue reading...Apple files motion to intervene in Lodsys proceedings against iOS developers
Friday, June 10, 2011
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There’s been a lot of movement on the Lodsys front this week, though it’s largely been flying under the radar thanks to WWDC. Florian Mueller of Fosspatents, however, has done a stellar job of keeping us up to speed with the latest developments – namely an action to invalidate Lodsys’ patent portfolio and Apple attempting […]
Continue reading...Videophone patent troll goes after Apple and co.
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
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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...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 […]
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Monday, April 16, 2012
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