Friday, June 10, 2011

Apple Files Motion To Intervene Against LodSys

Apple Files Motion To Intervene Against LodSys http://snapvoip.blogspot.com/

As expected, even though a bit late, Apple has stepped up to the plate and filed a motion to intervene against the proceedings against iOS app Developers that LodSys targeted.
FOSS Patents has uploaded the motion and its attachments (except for a sealed one) to this Scribd folder.
We hope that court court grants the Apple to be an intervenor, Apple already has the answer to complaint and the counterclaim filed.
We are very much interested in this development and wish that the court grants Apple's and our wish and mainly those developers who got sued. Interpreting the motion, Apple seems to backing those developers, as it stated explicitly that the sued app developers are;
"are individuals or small entities with far fewer resources than Apple and [...] lack the technical information, ability, and incentive to adequately protect Apple's rights under its license agreement."
Even though Apple is not seeking to invalidate LodSys patents, at the moment, there are others who do.
FOSS Patents has much more information on the matter and more.

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