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Google finally steps-in to defend developers against Lodsys

by Kenny Hemphill on 15 August 2011 in News

Google has filed a request with the USPTO to ask it to re-examine two patents held by intellectual property firm, Lodsys. It has asked for an assessment on whether the patents at the heart of the dispute between Lodsys and app developers are valid.

Google senior vide president and general counsel, Kent Walker told Wired.com: ‘We’ve asked the US Patent Office to reexamine two Lodsys patents that we believe should never have been issued. Developers play a critical part in the Android ecosystem and Google will continue to support them.’

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Apple finally comes out fighting in Lodsys patent claim

by Adam Banks on 23 May 2011 in Analysis

After an anxious week of speculation, Apple has responded to the demands sent by patent holder Lodsys to a number of iOS app developers. Lodsys claimed that third-party apps featuring in-app purchases infringed its patent on “Methods and systems for gathering information from units of a commodity across a network” (US 7222078) and asked for [...]

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Apple requests Lodsys ‘cease false assertions’ of patent infringement

by Kenny Hemphill on 23 May 2011 in News

Apple has written to Lodsys CEO, Mark Small, in response to the notices of patent infringement sent by Lodsys to several iOS developers. In the letter, Apple senior vice president and general legal counsel, Bruce Sewell refutes Lodsys’ claim that developers are infringing upon Lodsys intellectual property and says that they are, in fact, covered [...]

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