On 6/1/2011 2:48 AM, Craig White wrote: > Their licensing fees were purposely set low to > Apple and Google because those companies pay patent lawyers already > so there's no incentive for Lodsys to get into a protracted legal > battle that might invalidate their patent.
They didn't license the patents to Google and Apple. That was done before LodSys acquired the patents in question as part of a block of (IIRC) 30,000 patents, and the only question is whether the license that Google and Apple own cover the usage of the technology in question in externally developed applications. They actually ARE trying to squeeze more money from Apple and Google. In the press release about their lawsuits against developers they mention being "surprised" that Apple mentioned their secret negotiations publicly. > US patent law sucks - especially when it comes to software patents. That much is certain. Tim -- 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.
