iOS developers are organizing a boycott of Apple's in-app purchasing APIs in the hopes that it will goad Apple into responding to the lawsuits against developers using those APIs. More than a dozen independent developers have received letters notifying them that use of in-app purchases violates a US patent held by (apparent) patent troll Lodsys. Those developers don't have the resources to defend themselves against the patent claims, and developer and former Apple engineer Mike Lee believes Apple should step up and help them. So, he is organizing a boycott of in-app purchasing using Twitter hashtags and mass bug reports.
Last Friday, several developers began receiving letters via FedEx informing them that Lodsys believes their use of in-app purchasing violates a US patent that it bought from Intellectual Ventures (itself mired in controversy over its patent trolling practices). The developers were offered the choice of paying up for a license for past and future use of in-app purchase for upgrades in the next 21 days, or face an expensive and lengthy lawsuit. More developers, including Twitterrific maker Iconfactory, received similar letters this week.
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