Apple iPhone Developers Sued Over Ways to Access Applications
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Seven developers of applications for Apple Inc.’s iPhone were sued by a Texas company that owns patents for ways to interact with customers through the software programs.
The suit, filed yesterday by Lodsys LLC in Marshall, Texas, came after Apple sent a letter warning the company to leave the developers alone. In the May 23 letter, Apple General Counsel Bruce Sewell said Apple has a license to the Lodsys patents and, by extension, its application developers were covered as well.