Apple defends the rights of its developers in Lodsys licenses

Third-party developers for iOS apps are in a very unpleasant situation. Many of them have received reports from the company Lodsys, which owns the technology used for making payments within applications. Lodsys Guide require the developer to pay a license to use this technology in their utilities created for iOS.

Developers were in a difficult situation because of the requirements to obtain a license Lodsys and threats of litigation. But this time, Apple does not stand aside and stood up for their developers.

All applications received by the creators of the company's management letter describing the terms of cooperation Apple and Lodsys. It is written black on white that Apple paid for and obtained a license to use the technology to implement in-app purchase. Moreover, this license entitles and third-party developers for the iPhone / iPod touch / iPad Lodsys to integrate technology into their software for iOS.

Claiming that developers do not need to pay for the license, Apple takes a proactive approach in this case and is ready to protect its ecosystem and cooperating with the company developers. Some of the analysts and experts in the field of patents is believed that Apple had to attend to the situation before, when Lodsys has just started "run down" on developers. However, in Cupertino, as usual, paused and studied in detail the case before making its attitude to Lodsys situation. Fortunately the developers, at the moment Apple's position is entirely focused on their support. [via