“Lodsys showed potential strain in its lawsuit after it issued a sur-reply to Apple’s own response,” Electronista reports.
“Originally submitted earlier in the month but just discovered Monday, the response makes the questionable claim that Apple can’t motion because some of the app developers sued challenge the validity of the patents,” Electronista reports. “Similarly, it contends that the license it has with Apple doesn’t make it a licensor and makes generic claims towards Apple having not somehow satisfied a ‘heavy burden.'”
Electronista reports, “An exhaustion of defenses at Lodsys could see Apple granted its motion to step into the case and could pose trouble for Lodsys in the end.
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
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Psystared. Pass the popcorn…yawn…
Are they speaking English?
The only way to be sure is nuke them from orbit.
> Originally submitted earlier in the month but just discovered Monday…
What does that mean, Lodsys “discreetly” submitted it by hiding it under a stack of other paperwork, because it was too embarrassing and desperate sounding?
What’s the matter guys? Think you were gonna score some precedent and maybe a few quick bucks before Cupertino showed up to defend its app ecosystem?
Jig’s up, assholes. You’d have a better chance of a payday now if you dumped a cup of McDonald’s coffee in your lap.
From the source article:
If successfully constructed, Apple’s opposition could show Lodsys trying to double-dip on licenses and lose its battle.
If only Lodsys could be sued back for its evil intentions. The best Apple can do is swat the mosquito and force it to go elsewhere for blood money. Get lost little parasite. 😛
One more Pystar.
deathwish
Whatever happened to that guy?
He probably works for Dell
You gotta be careful when you’re patent trolling. It’s easy to get snagged.
Can someone please pump some air bubble into Lodsys’s executives’ blood stream?
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+1