Wednesday, June 01, 2011

Lodsys Sues Seven App Developers In East Texas, Includes Android App

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My last post about Lodsys was "Will Apple's Letter To Lodsys Save App Deelopers?" based on information gathered at Foss Patents blog. And again through the same blog, I learn that at least it did not save seven developers who are being sued in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, the troll-friendly venue.
Lodsys also says that it disagrees with Apple has responded to Apple via a letter about ""a detailed legal position on the license interpretation issue"". Lodsys invites Apple to publish the letter. Lodsys also says that it will pay $1000 to all the developers whom it sent letters of infringement, if it turns out that the scope of Apple's existing license rights apply to fully license developers who develop for iOS
The seven app developers being sued, includes at least one app is from the Android camp, one MAC app (Twitterfic) and two of the seven developers are from outside of the USA.
The Seven developers are;

  • Combay, Inc. of Roanoke, Texas; accused of infringement of Lodsys's '565 and '078 patents with (at least) Mega Poker Online Texas Holdem for iPhone
  • Iconfactory, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina; accused of infringement of Lodsys's '565 and '078 patents with (at least) Twitterrific for iPhone, Twitterriffic for iPad, and Twitterriffic for Mac
  • Illusion Labs AB of Malmö, Sweden; accused of infringement of Lodsys's '565 and '078 patents with (at least) Labyrinth for iPhone and Labyrinth for Android
  • Michael G. Karr [doing business as] Shovelmate of Las Vegas, Nevada; accused of infringement of Lodsys's '565 and '078 patents with (at least) 69 Positions for iPhone
  • Quickoffice, Inc. of Austin Texas; accused of infringement of Lodsys's '565 and '078 patents with (at least) Quickoffice Connect for iPhone
  • Richard Shinderman of Brooklyn, New York; accused of infringement of Lodsys's '565 and '078 patents with (at least) Hearts and Daggers for iPhone
  • Wulven Games of Hanoi, Vietnam; accused of infringement of Lodsys's '565 and '078 patents with (at least) Shadow Era for iPhone
There is too much legal mambo jumbo surrounding this issues and if you are really interested, visit FOSS Patents to read a more legalistic view of the matter. You will also find the links to Lodsys blogs etc.
FOSS Patents

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