There is further news today on this issue. http://financialbin.com/2011/05/24/apple-hits-back-at-lodsys-over-app-patent-infringement-claim/
To an extent this will apply to developers publishing Apps on Android Market, since the developer is the actual merchant(seller) to the consumer. Quote from this post<http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/appsblog/2011/may/16/patent-company-lodsys-sues-apple-app-developers> : *"In a **series of blog posts* <http://www.lodsys.com/blog.html>*, the company notes that Google and Microsoft have taken out licences, but notes that "so far no one has asked" whether apps written on those platforms might be liable for licence fees."* Could anyone confirm if Android Market developers are indeed protected by use of the AM 'in-app' billing implementation? Similarly, the same question should be asked to any other 3rd party 'in-app' billing service provider that a developer is implementing. This has put us at a 'stand-still' at SlideME implementing 'in-app' billing for developers to implement with SlideLock <http://slideme.org/slidelock>. This is a very important case and all developers must key an eye out how it all unfolds. George http://twitter.com/slideme -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" 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-discuss?hl=en.
