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May 23, 2011 07:37 pm PDT
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ftw4LOJL1cA/apple-warns-patent-t.html
Apple warns patent troll Lodsys off
A couple of weeks ago, patent troll Lodsys threatened Apple application developers who used in-app upgrade and purchase buttons -- a feature of the iOS development platform. At Ars Technica, Chris Foresman covers Apple's slow-coming but welcome response: Apple senior vice president and general counsel Bruce Sewell has now sent a letter to Lodsys CEO Mark Small, insisting that Apple's license to the patent in question covers third party developers and that Lodsys should stop threatening iOS developers with "false assertions" of patent infringement. Apple licensed the exceedingly vague patent as one of a large package, from another company that used to own it. Lodsys has already made clear it believes that the license does not cover third parties. Apple asks patent troll Lodsys to leave iOS developers alone [Ars]...
Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/ftw4LOJL1cA/apple-warns-patent-t.html
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