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EFF: Apple should defend developers in face of patent threats

By Rene Ritchie, Friday, May 20, 2011 a 3:47 pm

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has called on Apple to be developers' knight in shining armor in face of threats from patent trolls. As TiPb covered in our special edition iPhone Live podcast with FOSS Patent's Florian Mueller, iOS developers including James Thomson of PCalc and the Iconfactory, makers of Twitterrific have received letters from patent holding company, Lodsys, asking for licensing fees for the use of in-app purchases for in-app upgrades. The EFF sees that position as untenable:

What developers need to know about Lodsys and similar patent threats

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, May 17, 2011 a 4:06 pm

FOSS Patents has put together an excellent write up on what iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad developers need to know about patent litigation threats, like those Lodsys began making last week against apps like PCalc and expanded upon today, sending letters to Icon Factory among others.

Lodsys "responds and clarifies" their patent threats against iPhone, iPad developers

By Georgia, Monday, May 16, 2011 a 11:59 am

Lodsys, the company threatening to sue iPhone and iPad developers for infringing on in-app purchasing patents, has put up a series of blog posts in order to "respond and clarify" their position. For example, why are they going after small, independent iOS developers?