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Lodsys Also Targeting Android Developers with Patent Infringement Claims

what a d-bag. Apple won't let him win his stupid lawsuit, so now he's gonna go target everyone else. I'm sure (well I hope anyway) that Google, Microsoft and Blackberry won't let this guy get away with it.
 
Could be tricky for Android. Developers don't have to use Google's stuff to distribute or create apps, very different than iOS. I'm not sure how far Google's reach goes, even if they do license it. Some of these dev's might be on their own.
 
Since Lodsys apparently basing their whole business on charging licensing fees, maybe they should change their name to FeeSys, it would be much more appropriate in at least two ways :)
 
Driving on a highway in the evening...

In many parts of the world, driving along any highway at sunset brings out all sorts of creatures that fly thru the air and end up on your windscreen all smushed and squirting from all sides... That sounds like the fate Lodsys is working on for itself...

Good luck with that....
 
My hope that Google, Apple and others go threw the patents they license from the company that lodsys bought up and start tossing out the crap like this one and then say nope to it and reduce the fees. They got it part of a huge group at one time so there were some crap ones but the company that was licensing to Google and others was doing it huge group so many of them really good and legit.
 
MacRumors said:
Lodsys claims, however, that these licenses do not extend to individual developers on each platform.
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Lodsys must not have negotiated good terms with Apple and Google.

Otherwise they shouldn't put that license at risk by going after pennies from developers.

cal6n said:
Again, maybe not. Google have shown a distinct reluctance to stand up for hardware manufacturers hit by patent litigation.
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If a lawsuit has nothing to do with their software, why would they?

OTOH, when Apple sued HTC over Android related OS issues, Google immediately mailed bloggers to say that “We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it.”
 
kdarling said:
Lodsys must not have negotiated good terms with Apple and Google.

Otherwise they shouldn't put that license at risk by going after pennies from developers..”
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Lodsys did not negotiate with the Google and others. Lodsys bought up another company that already had a deal with Apple sand Google. My understanding is it was a huge block of parents so there is bound to be some crap ones in that huge block. The Lodsys just going threw the patents looking for ways to make a quick buck.
 
"Getting developers sued by LodSys... Check!"

(Someone in Google headquarters just added a new android "feature" copied from the iPhone)
 
kdarling said:
Lodsys must not have negotiated good terms with Apple and Google.

Otherwise they shouldn't put that license at risk by going after pennies from developers.



If a lawsuit has nothing to do with their software, why would they?

OTOH, when Apple sued HTC over Android related OS issues, Google immediately mailed bloggers to say that “We are not a party to this lawsuit. However, we stand behind our Android operating system and the partners who have helped us to develop it.”
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Apple should sue Samsung because the Galaxy S looks just like the iPhone... 3GS! LOL

Oh, wait... They did!
 
...In any case, I thought "ideas" were not patentable; only implementations. I must be wrong. If any lawyers present would kindly like to enlighten...
 
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