Author Topic: Patent Trolls Strike Again, Developers Pull Apps From App Store Fearing Lawsuits  (Read 577 times)

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Kootol, an India based company, has started sending out legal notices to a number of developers including IconFactory, the makers of Twitteriffic.

The legal notices sent out claim the companies are infringeing on a US patent for Twitter style realtime feeds. It seems the entire iOS Twittaverse should be receiving legal notices soon. I'm surprised no patent trolls have tried to send legal notices to companies over patents for "displaying numbers and letters in such a way that they can be read and understood."

How vague can these patents
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