Where does it stop. By their thinking, any link that goes to a place where purchasing can be done is under their patent? That means most advertising links are also covered by their patent (in their eyes)?
On Aug 29, 9:40 pm, Christopher Van Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > That's not going to stop them from coming after you, and it'll be on you > to explain the distinction in court (if they were really going to sue > you). They seem to think they've patented the link to purchase from an > app, and you could arguably conclude that even links inside a web > browser violate the patent because the browser is an app and you're > purchasing from it. When you start to boil things down in the software > world pretty much everything is the same as everything else, which is > why patenting makes no sense. > > In my humble opinion. > > On 8/30/2011 5:09 AM, Wayne Wenthin wrote: > > > > > That opens an interesting concept. If you want the paid version of > > my game download this intermediary app that will then point you to the > > premium game. They can't claim you are linking to an upgrade to > > your game if the link is not in the free version.... Hmmm. > > > On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 3:01 AM, Mark Carter <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > Does it only matter if you link to your app's details Market page > > or is it also a problem linking to your "Other apps..."? > > > On 29 August 2011 17:50, Andy <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > wrote: > > > If you have a App in the Market it's madatory to make a adress > > public for billing. > > > And yes, this aplies to links also, because my Button is > > simply a Link to the Android Market. In Android you can choose > > what to do with certain links. Like youtube links open the > > Youtube Browser, so Market links are opening the Market App. > > > It's shame how patent claim where send to tiny small > > developers who are only using mechnismas that already exists > > since the Web was born. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > <mailto:android-developers%[email protected]> > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Follow us on Twitter @fuliginsoftware > > Join the forums. > >http://www.fuligin.com/forums > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
