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Apple responds to Lodsys patent claims, backs up developers (Updated)

by Megan Lavey-Heaton (May 23rd, 2011)

Update 2: Macworld just posted the complete text of the letter sent by Apple's legal department to Lodsys, as has CNET. You can view the text of the letter below, or see the full-color version on Scribd. The letter asserts definitively that Apple's license for the Lodsys patents covers the ...

EFF takes on Lodsys patent controversy

by Dana Franklin (May 21st, 2011)

Julie Samuels, a Staff Attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), said Apple should join forces with its developers to dispute patent infringement complaints Lodsys, LLC sent to several independent iOS app-makers last week. On May 13, a number of iOS developers reported being told ...

Apple "actively investigating" Lodsys patent infringement claims

by Michael Grothaus (May 17th, 2011)

The Guardian reported that Apple is "actively investigating" the Lodsys patent infringement claims. Beginning on May 13, several iOS developers began reporting that they had been served with patent infringement notices regarding the use of upgrade buttons and in-app purchases in their apps. The ...

Lodsys responds to targeted iOS developers

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 16th, 2011)

I had a hunch my email to Mark Small of Lodsys landed on the day his inbox blew up, and according to the Lodsys blog, that's exactly what happened. The patent holding company has posted a lengthy Q&A on its blog, clarifying why it sent out requests to individual developers to license its ...

Lodsys patent claim threatens independent developers, what next?

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (May 13th, 2011)

Following up from this morning's flurry of news surrounding a series of legal threats to independent developers, there's this thorough and wonderful dissection of the situation by Florian Mueller, an intellectual property activist. On his blog he states, "...companies like Apple will look at ...

iOS developers hit by patent infringement complaints for using in-app purchase

by Erica Sadun (May 13th, 2011)

This morning, several iOS developers have tweeted that they have been served with papers regarding their applications' use of in-app purchases. PCalc Lite developer James Thomson tweeted that he received a FedEx package of legal papers this morning. Thomson lives in Scotland. As Thomson clarifies, ...