The Iconfactory: Difference between revisions

On May 31, 2011, a patent troll, [[Lodsys]] asserted two of its four patents: U.S. Patent No. 7,620,565 ("the '565 patent") on a "customer-based design module" and U.S. Patent No. 7,222,078 ("the '078 patent") on "Methods and Systems for Gathering Information from Units of a Commodity Across a Network." against Iconfactory and 6 other developers for using Apple, Inc.'s API for In-app purchase.<ref>[http://www.fosspatents.com/2011/05/lodsys-sues-7-app-developers-in-eastern.html “Lodsys sues 7 app developers in Eastern Texas, disagrees with Apple; Android also targeted”, FOSS Patents blog, May 31, 2011]</ref> The reference for this is a blog about software patents written by [[Florian Müller]].