Lodsys strategy may be to cause a lot of pain to google by going after the developers. If a lot of developers start to complain they pribably think that that may speed up negotiations in their favor. The real problem here is that the patent was granted in the first place.
On Jun 1, 2011, at 11:00 AM, Tim Mensch <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. -- 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.
