On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM, Katie Smith <ka...@grayfinstudios.com> wrote: > David, > > I'm sorry you are going through this.
Thanks, this is something I wish for noone... > > I put together a list of resources for those of you that have received > letters from Lodsys. I will add to it as I find out more information. > If you have the contact information for a developer advocate at > Google, I suggest talking to them as well. > > Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) - Julie Samuels (ju...@eff.org) > She is helping to coordinate contacts between app developers. She > might also be able to help you find a lawyer. (Not sure if you're out > of the U.S. though.) Thanks, I had already emailed the EFF and waiting for a response. To be out of the USA will be a very different situation, I guess... > > Mike Lee's "Appsterdam Alliance" - http://mur.mu.rs/?p=303 > (b...@le.mu.rs) > As you can see in this article, he is hoping to get developers > together to defend themselves. If you contact him, he can get you in > touch with his lawyer. I'll mail him right now! > > Advice on how to respond - > http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/07/cost-efficient-way-for-app-developers.html > > As for comments like "I for one hope that they (Lodsys) carry on > behaving like extortionist gangsters. It's the surest path to patent > reform as it relates to software. Thanks Lodsys!" (Christopher Van > Kirk)... Maybe think a bit before you post something like that. It's > really not helpful to anyone and you will be thinking differently when > a FedEx from Lodsys shows up on your doorstep and you face a real risk > of losing your business and more. That's right. I've received many "advices" like that one and I can only think those people would not be giving such advices if they were the ones receiving the dammit Fedex package... > > -- Katie Thank you, Katie. > > On Aug 17, 4:17 am, David Erosa García <soul...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi all. >> >> I'm a "solo" developer from Spain and just received a letter >> fromlodsysclaiming infringment for 4 US patents... >> I've been in shock since I received it an hour ago and just wanted to >> know if any of you has any kind of advise for this situation... I do >> understand almost nothing of the lawyer-style language of the letter >> :( >> >> Regards. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Android Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en