[awj]

> especially now that Apple et. al. have essentially validated this patent by licensing it themselves. Very disappointing across the board.

I thought that Apple picked up this licenses as part of a bulk deal with the previous holder where they bought hundreds/thousands/millions of licenses all in one place as blanket cover. It's impractical to believe that they hand-vetted each one, so it hardly sounds like validation, even in court.

[shareme]

Apple, Google and MS licensed the same patent when it was with IV its now with asshole patent troll..asshole patent troll is claiming that license does not cover 3rd party developers who make use of an api from Apple, Google, or MS.

[hga]

Brings into question the utility of bothering to do business with IV, doesn't it?