It depends heavily on laws of your place of residence and importance of your application. Most probably nobody will ever notice. However, I managed to get attention of lawyers representing nice delaware company holding right of tetris because of my applet game (used to be 1th hit in google ) - but no lawsuit, just cease and desist letter.
On Feb 27, 10:11 pm, chris harper <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi > > I read this article and it concerns me. It's about patent > infringements for the caller ID within android applications. > > http://techdirt.com/articles/20100224/0244468285.shtml > > I am writing an application for android which uses the > PhoneStateListener and following the example outlined in this > article:http://almondmendoza.com/2009/01/30/getting-the-contact-info-when-on-... > > Have you guys at Google experienced developers being sued for using > this feature (besides the one in the article of course). > > Should I be concerned here if I used this feature in my application? > > Thank you > -Chris -- 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
