Macworld has posted the full text of the letter Apple Legal sent to Lodsys regarding its patent dispute with app developers.
It begins:
BY EMAIL AND FIRST-CLASS MAIL
May 23, 2011
Mark Small
Chief Executive Officer
Lodsys, LLC
[Address information removed]
Dear Mr. Small:
I write to you on behalf of Apple Inc. (“Apple”) regarding your recent notice letters to application developers (“App Makers”) alleging infringement of certain patents through the App Makers’ use of Apple products and services for the marketing, sale, and delivery of applications (or “Apps”). Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the Apple App Makers are protected by that license. There is no basis for Lodsys’ infringement allegations against Apple’s App Makers. Apple intends to share this letter and the information set out herein with its App Makers and is fully prepared to defend Apple’s license rights…
Read the full text of the letter here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Lynn W.” for the heads up.]
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Bruce Sewell was a very good pickup for apple. This letter is very clear and detailed, yet succinct.
And rather polite!
But commits at least one solecism and one catachresis. Not a good look in any important communication.
der der der
Touché
A great closing would have been “how do you like them apples?”.
haha.. It should just be a part of their legal letterhead.
Or “fsck you and the horse you rode in, you money-grubbing trolls”.
But that’s probably why my career in diplomacy was so short.
Mr. Small, ha, ha, small… You are playing with big boys now.
This might have seemed like a minor threat, but Apple obviously understands that their whole business modle depends on the devs.
Good for them for stepping up to defend the devs. What would Google do?
It’s not small! It’s shrinkage! Significant shrinkage!
Well that, and just having the litigious equivalent of a body cavity search performed on you.
Back under your bridge, Lodsys.
It’s also nice to know that apple offers an umbrella of their legal protection when you use their APIs. It also illustrates an interesting benefit of providing a whole range of APIs for iOS developers, andspeaks a whole lot about apple having a well thought out game plan for their ecosystem.
So much for all the Chicken Littles lambasting Apple for doing nothing to back up their developers last week. Next time, realize that a legal response takes a bit of time to formulate.
Mr. Sewell should have checked Mitch Rapp out of iBooks and sent him after Mr. Small.
I just finished the Jack Reacher series and was looking for a new Bad Ass in a series and am currently reading my 1st book with Mitch Rapp. (Pursuit of Honor) I’m Liking it.
Nothing like a quick jab to the BB’s to shut someone up. Sure hope these clowns take the hint and STFU.
Apple’s other secret, as yet unpublished, letter to Lodsys.
Dear Mr Small
Would you like a side of iMac with your craw?
Sent from my iPad