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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by rhino369 on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @11:54AM (#11863075)
Yea they could in multiple ways. They could sue to the troll for a declaratory judgement of invalidity and non infringement. Or they just indemnify their app stor developers for any patent liability caused by using their product.
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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by ikeboy on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @12:19PM (#11863318)
>Or they just indemnify their app stor developers for any patent liability caused by using their product.

What about actual patent violations?

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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by matthewmacleod on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @02:49PM (#11864585)
IANAL, but I don't think there's a reason they couldn't indemnify against patent lawsuits regarding the distribution of applications through their services, while not indemnifying for patent violations in the applications themselves.
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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by anthonybsd on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @03:23PM (#11864864)
>their product

"Their" in this case being "Google Play" product and any liability arising from the use of thereof.

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