Lodsys threw down the gauntlet on Tuesday, filing patent infringement lawsuits against seven independent mobile developers in the patent litigation-friendly Eastern District of Texas. The company is asserting two of its patents against those developers, and decided to launch its lawsuit early "in response to Apple's threat, in order to preserve its legal options," the company said on its blog.
Lodsys first popped into the news when it sent letters to at least a dozen iOS developers threatening a lawsuit if those developers didn't pay licensing fees for patents Lodsys believes are related to in-app purchasing. Those developers were using standard iOS APIs supplied and required by Apple for in-app purchasing. Because patent litigation is expensive, and developers were using Apple's prescribed in-app purchase method, developers believed Apple should come to their aid.
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