You can send letters to whomever you like claiming you own a patent that should stop someone else distributing an application, it doesn't make it legally enforceable.
I've had a couple of cease & desist and a DMCA sent to me in the past, pointing out that I'm not US based and that either the patent was a US-only patent and thus not applicable in my country, or that I actually wanted proof of a copyright infringement before I did anything, ended the conversation (in all cases the other party didn't respond and didn't take it further). The only problem we have is Google's choice to run market under a US based company, and thus exposing Market to this lunacy, and thus exposing everyones apps to the possibility of being taken down due to a set of intellectual property laws the rest of the world. I guess if you really were worried about it, just use the Market features to make your app unavailable in the US could be an easy solution. Al. -- T: @alsutton W: www.funkyandroid.com The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. On 27 May 2011, at 05:59, Nathan wrote: > > > On May 26, 2:53 pm, Brandon Newsome <[email protected]> wrote: >> That's it. I'm incorporating in Switzerland. Problem solved. :D >> > > One of the blogs had this to say: > == > 18. Lodsys owns patents only in the US but has contacted developers > not only in the US but also in Europe, possibly also elsewhere. How > can they do that? > > Patents regulate a target market into which someone sells, not a > country of origin. > == > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
