M·CAM, Inc. releases Patently Obvious® on MacroSolve, Inc. and Lodsys, LLC

Date:  Fri, 2011-05-27

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA – May 27, 2011 – M·CAM, Inc. released its Patently Obvious® report today on the patent holdings of MacroSolve, Inc. and Lodsys, LLC

In anticipation of the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference next month, attention should be directed to the number of patent infringement lawsuits filed against Apple, Google, and Microsoft application developers in the $10 billion mobile app market.

In March and April of this year, MacroSolve filed ten patent infringement cases against small app developers of the Apple iOS and Android platforms in the Eastern District of Texas.

On May 13th, Lodsys, LLC, targeted several Apple iOS development companies with patent assertion letters, claiming infringement on Lodsys’ U.S. Pat. No. 7,222,078. While Apple has a license to the patent, Lodsys claims developers using the software do not.

The question stands: are the MacroSolve and Lodsys patents strong enough to assert against app developers, or could weaknesses in these patents limit the strength of the infringement claims?

M·CAM’s Patently Obvious® is a weekly report providing visibility into potentially unconsidered alternatives, including art in the public domain, to patent holdings across a variety of technology areas.

M·CAM, Inc. is a global, full-service intellectual property and rights (IP&R) and intangible asset financial services firm. We provide the technical and financial systems that allow public and private markets to use IP&R and IA for regulated transactions in banking, securities, insurance, and public innovation investment and technology procurement. From our pioneering work in creating the world’s first standards-based innovation collateralization financial products for banking and securities to our work in grassroots innovator enablement and patent quality assurance programs, M·CAM provides the mechanism to balance the interests of public and commercial sectors to support and build thriving economies.

The M·CAM Patently Obvious® report on MacroSolve, Inc. and Lodsys, LLC can be found HERE.