Apple updates its response to Lodsys suit, but doesn't move to invalidate patents

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 24px; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding: 0.6em;"> <div mce_style="text-align: center;" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="aligncenter" height="110" mce_src="http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3218/9343351.jpg" src="http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/3218/9343351.jpg" style="border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; height: 110px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 8px auto; max-width: 640px; width: 250px;" width="250" />Apple has updated its proposed answer to the Lodsys suit against third-party developers. Lodsys has recently expanded its patent suit to include big-name iOS developers like Rovio (of Angry Birds), EA, Atari, Take-Two Interactive and Square-Enix, according to The Mac Observer.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Florian Mueller of FOSS Patents points out that Apple's amendments to its proposed answer are very minor, however, and a readthrough of the amended document bears this out. Critically, Apple's argument remains that its licensing of Lodsys's patents should be sufficient to allow third-party developers on its platform the right to use in-app purchasing tools without having to license them independently. Mueller is not fully convinced this tactic will succeed, however, and believes that Apple should instead challenge the validity of the patents themselves. Some third-party developers have already filed for invalidation of the Lodsys patents, but Apple's motion to intervene hasn't gone nearly that far yet.</div> <div style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia,'Bitstream Charter',serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 24px;"> Lodsys obviously believes it has a strong case if it's graduated from suing smaller developers to going after industry titans like EA and Square-Enix. Mueller seems to be asserting that Apple's response to the case thus far has been lackluster, and it's hard to argue with him; considering what's at stake, it is indeed disappointing that Apple has yet to unleash the firepower of its fully-armed and operational battle lawyers upon Lodsys.</div> </div> </span></div>

Apple updates its response to Lodsys suit, but doesn't move to invalidate patents

Apple has updated its proposed answer to the Lodsys suit against third-party developers. Lodsys has recently expanded its patent suit to ...

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Angry Birds lands on Windows Phone 7, ready to explore the third ecosystem

<div><img alt="" border="1" class="aligncenter" height="204" hspace="4" src="http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/2232/11x0623dv32ts.jpg" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 4px; border: 1px solid black;" vspace="4" width="360" /></div><br/>Nowadays, you can't really claim to have a mobile OS worthy of the title if your users can't run <em>Angry Birds</em> on it. Good news from Microsoft, then, as Windows Phone 7 can finally be admitted at the grown-up table now that it has released its port of Rovio's epic bird-launching experience. $2.99 is the Marketplace price for the full version, though there's also the option to try out the first few levels for free. Because, you know, there might still be people out there who haven't yet been exposed to the charms of this perniciously addictive little game.

Angry Birds lands on Windows Phone 7, ready to explore the third ecosystem

Nowadays, you can't really claim to have a mobile OS worthy of the title if your users can't run Angry Birds on it. Good news from ...

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