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tomjen3
on May 13, 2011
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Hmm, if they are suing a bunch of small developers couldn't they band together to pay for a lawyer to get the patent invalidated?
krschultz
on May 13, 2011
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It's the reverse of a class action lawsuit, the plantiff is singular and the class is getting sued. I wonder if there is a mechanism for that.
boucher
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Apple will almost certainly defend these people. It would be a major setback for their platform if they allowed these lawsuits to be lost. In fact, even just making it to court would be a pretty major problem for them.
eamonndunne
on May 14, 2011
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Why on earth would you think that?
dpcan
on May 13, 2011
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What if it's valid?
tomjen3
on May 14, 2011
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There are no valid software patents.
dpcan
on May 17, 2011
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