Skip to content
MacDailyNews
  • X
  • Facebook
  • Gettr
  • LinkedIn
  • Truth
  • Tumblr
  • Gab
  • RSS
  • News
  • Opinion
  • How to
  • Contact
  • Contribute
  • App
  • Archives
  • Login

Update font size.

A A
© MacDailyNews 2002 - 2026 All Rights Reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Privacy

Tag: Lodsys

In-App Purchasing lawsuit against Apple allowed to proceed

Saturday, April 21, 2012 9:51 am25 Comments

A group of California parents calling Apple’s in-app purchasing practices rotten…

Parents sue Apple over in-app charges

Monday, April 16, 2012 4:01 pmMonday, April 16, 201254 Comments

Apple is being sued by parents who claim the iPhone-maker…

Apple finally allowed to intervene in Lodsys lawsuit against app developers

Friday, April 13, 2012 10:13 amFriday, April 13, 20121 Comment

Apple is permitted to intervene in this suit, but such intervention is limited…

Apple files patent application for in-app purchasing; Apple may trump rivals, Lodsys

Monday, October 10, 2011 10:16 am4 Comments

Apple is hoping to corner the app market with a USPTO patent filing…

Lodsys reply to Apple uses poor evidence, may defeat case

Monday, August 29, 2011 7:48 pmMonday, August 29, 201115 Comments

Lodsys showed potential strain in its lawsuit after it issued a sur-reply…

Google’s reexamination requests against two Lodsys patents don’t stand on their own

Saturday, August 13, 2011 12:02 pmSunday, August 14, 20118 Comments

Google has filed reexamination requests seeking the invalidation (or at least narrowing) two of Lodsys’s four patents…

Apple insists to intervene in Lodsys lawsuit against app developers

Tuesday, August 9, 2011 11:00 amTuesday, August 9, 201111 Comments

About two weeks ago I reported on Lodsys’s lengthy opposition brief…

Indie developer organizing ‘Operation Anthill’ coalition against Lodsys, patent trolls

Tuesday, August 2, 2011 9:01 am9 Comments

Some independent iOS app developers plan to begin banding together to fight off lawsuits…

Lodsys sues Rovio, EA, Atari claiming patent infringement

Thursday, July 21, 2011 10:17 pmThursday, July 21, 201115 Comments

Today Lodsys has amended its complaint against mobile app developers…

Lodsys sues The New York Times Company and five others in East Texas

Tuesday, July 5, 2011 3:43 pm12 Comments

Lodsys filed a patent infringement lawsuit today in East Texas…

Lodsys asks for two more months to answer Apple’s motion to intervene

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 1:10 pm7 Comments

Apple filed a motion to intervene in Lodsys’s lawsuit against seven app developers…

Lodsys: Apple & Google may be contractually precluded from challenging Lodsys’s patents

Thursday, June 16, 2011 4:04 pmThursday, June 16, 201115 Comments

License agreements often come with clauses under which a licensee will lose a license…

The New York Times Company and OpinionLab sue Lodsys

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:31 pm18 Comments

Both of the latest lawsuits against Lodsys target all four of its patents…

All four Lodsys patents now also challenged in Southern California AV software maker ESET

Monday, June 13, 2011 3:01 pmTuesday, June 14, 20118 Comments

There are now five Lodsys-related lawsuits…

Apple enters legal fray against Lodsys, files motion to intervene

Friday, June 10, 2011 8:43 am11 Comments

Nine days after Lodsys sued seven little app developers…

New lawsuit may render Lodsys in-app purchase patents invalid

Wednesday, June 8, 2011 2:04 pmWednesday, June 8, 20117 Comments

New lawsuit may render Lodsys app purchase patents invalid…

Lodsys sues 7 app developers in Eastern Texas; Mac and Android devs also targeted

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 8:21 pm30 Comments

Today, Lodsys filed a lawsuit with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas…

Lodsys also threatens Android developers with legal action over in-app purchases

Friday, May 27, 2011 9:15 amFriday, May 27, 201115 Comments

Developers have reported that patent holding firm Lodsys is also targeting Android…

Full text: Apple Legal’s letter to Lodsys

Monday, May 23, 2011 6:21 pmMonday, May 23, 201118 Comments

Apple is undisputedly licensed to these patents and the Apple App Makers are protected by that license…

Apple: iOS developers already licensed for Lodsys patents

Monday, May 23, 2011 3:16 pmMonday, May 23, 201116 Comments

In a letter sent to Lodsys on Monday, Apple asked that the company withdraw letters…

EFF calls on to Apple defend iOS developers in Lodsys legal threats

Saturday, May 21, 2011 9:47 amSaturday, May 21, 201112 Comments

Digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation has called on Apple to defend iOS developers…

Following Lodsys legal threats, Apple reportedly stops approving iOS apps with In-App Purchases

Wednesday, May 18, 2011 1:01 pmWednesday, May 18, 201110 Comments

Following a series of legal threats by patent holder Lodsys, Apple has reportedly…

Lodsys defends legal threats: Apple is licensed, iOS developers are not

Monday, May 16, 2011 2:33 pmMonday, May 16, 201122 Comments

Following a number of legal threats that were sent by Lodsys to third-party…

Ticker Tape by TradingView

Top Posts & Pages

  • Apple's long-awaited next-gen Apple TV 4K: A performance leap delayed by next-gen Siri, poised for 2026 launch
  • How John Ternus could finally fulfill Steve Jobs’ original vision for the iPad as a true primary computing device
  • Will incoming CEO John Ternus help realize Apple's smart home potential?
  • Apple preps custom 'micro-curved' OLED display on Twentieth Anniversary iPhone, eyeing bezel-less quad-curved design
  • President Trump threatens Starmer with 'big tariff' over UK tech tax

Recent Comments

  • JV on How John Ternus could finally fulfill Steve Jobs’ original vision for the iPad as a true primary computing device
  • Samir Sumantlal Shah on Apple’s long-awaited next-gen Apple TV 4K: A performance leap delayed by next-gen Siri, poised for 2026 launch
  • Jeffree Lassitter on How John Ternus could finally fulfill Steve Jobs’ original vision for the iPad as a true primary computing device
  • Jan on Apple’s iPhone is killing it in China, shipments surge 20% in first quarter
  • Dave on Will incoming CEO John Ternus help realize Apple’s smart home potential?
  • MSYoung on How John Ternus could finally fulfill Steve Jobs’ original vision for the iPad as a true primary computing device
  • ken1w on Apple’s long-awaited next-gen Apple TV 4K: A performance leap delayed by next-gen Siri, poised for 2026 launch
  • citizen(notX) on One of Tim Cook’s bigger mistakes: Overreacting to Charlottesville and handing $2+ million to the SPLC and ADL
  • ken1w on Apple preps custom ‘micro-curved’ OLED display on Twentieth Anniversary iPhone, eyeing bezel-less quad-curved design
  • ken1w on How John Ternus could finally fulfill Steve Jobs’ original vision for the iPad as a true primary computing device
  • Hank on How John Ternus could finally fulfill Steve Jobs’ original vision for the iPad as a true primary computing device
  • Hank on Will incoming CEO John Ternus help realize Apple’s smart home potential?
  • BOB on Will incoming CEO John Ternus help realize Apple’s smart home potential?
  • ckh on Tim Cook regrets 2012 Apple Maps launch, hails Apple Watch as proudest achievement
  • Samir Sumantlal Shah on U.S. Android users are nearly four times more likely to switch than iPhone users
  • Dan on Will incoming CEO John Ternus help realize Apple’s smart home potential?
  • Samir Sumantlal Shah on How John Ternus could finally fulfill Steve Jobs’ original vision for the iPad as a true primary computing device
  • Samir Sumantlal Shah on Apple’s long-awaited next-gen Apple TV 4K: A performance leap delayed by next-gen Siri, poised for 2026 launch
  • Bobby on Apple’s long-awaited next-gen Apple TV 4K: A performance leap delayed by next-gen Siri, poised for 2026 launch
  • Yoji on Apple’s iPhone is killing it in China, shipments surge 20% in first quarter

Current Headlines

Latest Joy of Tech
Latest Joy of Tech!

RSS MacHash

  • ★ The New York Times Printed the Wrong Crossword Grid Last Sunday, and I Find That Timing Serendipitous
  • Report Claims Samsung Might Post Its First-Ever Mobile Division Loss This Year, Blaming RAM Crisis
  • John Ternus could borrow from Microsoft's playbook to reinvigorate Apple
  • The new iPhones have a problem turning back on after the battery runs out
  • Why the timing of Apple's CEO transition matters
  • Anker's Prime 25W MagSafe stand is an ideal 3-in-1 charger for iPhone [Hands-on]
  • Today in Apple history: It's the beginning of the end for Mac OS Copland
  • Gloopy, painted texture wallpapers for iPhone
  • 4 reasons you should stop tracking Apple's sleep score
  • You don't need a scanner anymore - just this $25.97 app
Try Apple News

RSS 9to5Mac

  • John Ternus could borrow from Microsoft’s playbook to reinvigorate Apple
  • The new iPhones have a problem turning back on after the battery runs out
  • Why the timing of Apple’s CEO transition matters
  • Anker’s Prime 25W MagSafe stand is an ideal 3-in-1 charger for iPhone [Hands-on]
  • Indie App Spotlight: ‘InnerPulse’ is an in depth, private, and on-device mood tracker

RSS MacRumors

  • Top Stories: Tim Cook Stepping Down, iPhone 18 Pro Colors, and More
  • Get AirPods 4 for $99 and AirPods Max 2 for $529.99 on Amazon
  • Ads Are Coming to Apple Maps This Summer: Here's What to Expect
  • XChat App Now Available
  • iPhone 18 Could Come With 12GB of RAM

RSS Daring Fireball

  • DF Paraphernalia: Last Call for This Round of T-Shirts and Hoodies
  • ★ The New York Times Printed the Wrong Crossword Grid Last Sunday, and I Find That Timing Serendipitous
  • Report Claims Samsung Might Post Its First-Ever Mobile Division Loss This Year, Blaming RAM Crisis
  • ★ Time to Serve Some Delicious Claim Chowder Regarding the Cook-Ternus CEO Transition
  • ★ Norwegian Boating Licenses and Generational Law

RSS Cult of Mac

  • Grab AirPods Pro 3 for just $199.99 before this deal disappears again
  • Fix your home’s Wi-Fi dead zones for just $28
  • Today in Apple history: It’s the beginning of the end for Mac OS Copland
  • 4 reasons you should stop tracking Apple’s sleep score
  • Tim Cook, John Ternus and the best Apple transition ever [Cult of Mac podcast No. 17]

RSS Macworld UK

  • You don’t need a scanner anymore — just this $25.97 app
  • All the core Microsoft Office apps for Mac for just $45
  • Skip Apple’s pricey keyboard — this iPad upgrade is $110 instead
  • Coming to Apple TV: All the upcoming shows, series, movies, trailers, and more
  • Apple TV this week: ‘Criminal Record’ season 2 is now streaming

RSS IPSW Downloads

  • iOS OTA 9.9.26.4.2 (23E261) Released Wednesday, April 22, 2026
  • iOS 18.7.8 (22H352) Released Wednesday, April 22, 2026
  • iPadOS 18.7.8 (22H352) Released Wednesday, April 22, 2026
  • iOS 26.4.2 (23E261) Released Wednesday, April 22, 2026
  • iPadOS 26.4.2 (23E261) Released Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Follow MacDailyNews via Email

Enter your email address to follow MacDailyNews and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 8,534 other subscribers
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.

To find out more, including how to control cookies, see here: Cookie Policy
© MacDailyNews 2002 - 2026 All Rights Reserved.
  • Advertise
  • Privacy