This Week In Mobile
Judge tosses Apple motion, allows patent troll Lodsys to continue rampage
Brant DeBow
Written on October 6, 2013
Judge tosses Apple motion, allows patent troll Lodsys to continue rampage
Short summary: true patent troll Lodsys (they make nothing and exist solely to sue) successfully keeps Apple from having the ability to defend its developers. Also, Apple is asserting its license of these patents already covers the developers who use their tech, but we’ll never know from the court. Meanwhile, small software developers have no clear answers but plenty of clear threats.
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