Lodsys Expands Patent Lawsuit to 10 More Companies 75
An anonymous reader writes "A day after Apple filed a motion to intervene in Lodsys's lawsuit against seven app developers (EFF comments), Lodsys has filed its third lawsuit this year. The latest complaint targets ten companies including Adidas, Best Buy, Best Western, Black and Decker. Lodsys sues them over two patents, one of which it also asserts against app developers in court as well as its now famous letters (an example of which has meanwhile been published as a result of Apple's intervention). The ten new assertions relate to web surveys, feedback-soliciting FAQs, and live interactive chat."
So, they are expanding their ... (Score:2, Informative)
attempt to gain control over the Internet and put a tollbooth on everyone's driveway.
The only questions left to ask are: "Did they pay enough congressmen?", and, "have they given enough trips to judges?"
Without those cash payments and "rewards" they can't win. With them they can't lose.
Re:Frivolous. (Score:4, Informative)