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Why the Lodsys patent troll drama may not yet be over
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...Did Apple freeze approval process for apps that use in-app purchasing?
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
This is either an eerie coincidence or bad news for developers. TUAW has heard from a number of developers that there’s something amiss in Apple’s App Store approval process for apps that make use of Apple’s in-app purchasing APIs. As a matter of policy, Apple requires developers to test in-app purchases (IAP) with a test […]
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 […]
Continue reading...Is Nathan Myhrovld’s Intellectual Ventures behind the iOS in-app purchase patent troll job?
Friday, May 13, 2011
By Josh Rosenthall: It’s been confirmed today that a company called Lodsys recently sent out a number of letters to independent iOS developers, including James Thompson – the developer of PCalc – and Dave Castelnuovo, creator of Pocket God , informing them that their use of in-app purchases in iOS infringes upon on this particular […]
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
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