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Patent firm Lodsys backs out of dispute with Kaspersky Lab |
October 03, 2013
Security firm Kaspersky Lab said patent firm Lodsys had withdrawn its claims rather than face the verdict of the court in a patent dispute."Kaspersky Lab paid no money to Lodsys, and did not agree to any settlement terms," it said Wednesday.The outcome is seen as a key win for technology companies fighting in court with patent companies, popularly known as patent trolls because they extract royalty and damages for the patents they own, but do not make any products.Lodsys wanted to avoid a ruling on the merits of its claims, the digital rights group Electronic Frontier Foundation, wrote in a blog post. "While it has sued some big players, most of its targets have been tiny app developers who lack the resources to defend patent litigation," it said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
Link: http://www.pcworld.com/article/2051940/patent-firm-lodsys-backs-out-of-dispute-with-kaspersky-lab.html#tk.rss_all
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