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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by developer2 on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @02:36PM (#11864458)
The problem is that the "patent" (fucking loose term of the word for something that should never have been allowed to be filed) is about the use of the code in question. It's not the App Store that is supposedly infringing, it's the use of the App Store. What a joke.
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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by brandonm64 on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @02:57PM (#11864657)
Doesn't Google use the Play Store to distribute their own apps like Sheets, Docs, Drive etc.
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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by developer2 on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @03:23PM (#11864865)
Right. But the patent troll doesn't want to go after a large corporation with the resources to defend. Much easier to go after the thousands of individuals / small businesses that can't fund a 5 year court battle.
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Re:Being sued, in East Texas, for using the Google Play Stor... by angry-hacker on Wednesday June 08, 2016 @03:22PM (#11864860)
Yes but they are not going to sue Google, that is the problem
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