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Apple Steps Up in Lodsys Lawsuits, Files Motion to Intervene
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Lodsys must be feeling like the space radar traffic controllers on Alderann when the Death Star rocked up and parked in orbit.
WTF IS THAT??!!! And why is the front glowing??!!
Lodsys must be feeling like the space radar traffic controllers on Alderann when the Death Star rocked up and parked in orbit.
WTF IS THAT??!!! And why is the front glowing??!!
full text of Apple motion can be found here:
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-2...lawsuit/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Interesting quote from there
now we know part of the reason for the 30% cut ...
http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-2...lawsuit/?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
Interesting quote from there
now we know part of the reason for the 30% cut ...
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Ah, thats the thing where Lodsys disagrees, extra content for in-app purchases come from the developers own servers, not Apples.
No - it all comes from Apple servers. In 99% of the cases it is already in the app before the in-app purchase is done - it is just getting enabled through a flag without any additional downloads (was already downloaded from the apple server). Probably none of the small developers run their own servers.
in-app updates that unlock a function don't need servers but everything else does, comics, books and all other downloaded in-app content come from external non-Apple servers.
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so they should have sued comics and book apps ... not apps that enable features through in-app-purchase
Google supplied an Enforcment Droid that looked very similar to that. Problem is it force closed shortly after launch.
Apple Invests in Particle Physics
Heh. When I saw the plans for Apple's new circular building in Cupertino; I immediately thought about about the world's largest circular structure in Switzerland and France: the LHC at CERN.
The 13th sub-basement of Apple's new facility will be an accelerator to create the elusive APT (Anti Patent-Trollium) particle. Don't sue 'em; just annihilate 'em.
Heh. When I saw the plans for Apple's new circular building in Cupertino; I immediately thought about about the world's largest circular structure in Switzerland and France: the LHC at CERN.
The 13th sub-basement of Apple's new facility will be an accelerator to create the elusive APT (Anti Patent-Trollium) particle. Don't sue 'em; just annihilate 'em.
Fantastic!!
It's times like this that provide me with a great reminder for why I buy Apple products and support them; its a small gesture on their part but truly stands out amongst the large IT corps! Go Apple!!
It's times like this that provide me with a great reminder for why I buy Apple products and support them; its a small gesture on their part but truly stands out amongst the large IT corps! Go Apple!!
Litigation is always costly and if the outcome isn't totally clear a gamble, hence the many settlements.
Say Lodsys now gets 0.575 from Apple (I don't remember, but this number pops into my mind) they'll now get 0.625 or so as settlements and go away with (still) millions.
Why ? The patent as it stands covers the act of submitting feedback from an App to a central location. It's not about unlocking content at all.
Lodsys isn't a wolf; its one of those annoying little terrier dogs that chases after sheep and causes the more panicky ones to hurt themselves.
Then the shepherd comes along with a shotgun and blows its feckin head off.
I agree - I just was responding to his comment in which he explaining the case as he understood it (in a wrong way) to point out that even if he would be true, the current law suits wouldn't make sense.
Where can i find a summary of these patents? An app needs to submit information to unlock the content and download it. The developers that are sued all download extra content and levels from there servers.
This isn't going to go much further, folks. Lodsys went after the devs instead of Apple because they thought they could scare them into compliance. Now that Apple has requested to intervene, we'll see Lodsys back down and withdraw soon enough.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
Nothing to see here. Move along.
In all the previous stories about this patent and Lodsys ? MRoogle is your friend.
You assume Apple took Lodsys by surprise and they weren't prepared for it. I think you're in for a nasty surprise yourself as you find out Lodsys had planned for all of this.
I too am all warm and fuzzy about Apple stepping up and throwing it's weight around. We do however need to remember that this isn't entirely a night in shining armor moment.... the outcome of this lawsuit can/will completely change the way Apples vision is carried out in the future. I would say they have even more at stake than any individual developer named in the lawsuit. There's no way Apple would/could sit this one out.
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Is in-app purchasing something that's commonplace on Android? Does Google provide a common API for Android developers to use?
It might be that Lodsys identifies that _everyone_ on iOS are using the technology Apple licensed from Lodsys, and therefor are subjects to Lodsys' patent. As payed applications are less common on Android and developers are less prone to use Marketplace and Google's APIs, Lodsys might just nog give enough damn to worry about them at this point.
It might be that Lodsys identifies that _everyone_ on iOS are using the technology Apple licensed from Lodsys, and therefor are subjects to Lodsys' patent. As payed applications are less common on Android and developers are less prone to use Marketplace and Google's APIs, Lodsys might just nog give enough damn to worry about them at this point.
The difference is that the Android Market doesn't make anybody any real money. Lawyering 101: Sue the guy with an actual revenue stream.
I do not believe it's the same situation with Google as it is for Apple.
One of the reasons that Apple will be able to win this is because iOS developers play in Apple's closed sandbox. Although some thought this was a bad thing (mostly forum trolls who do not understand the huge costs that Apple incurs to keep the iOS app infrastructure running), it's actually a good thing for the small development houses.
