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by gte910h 5441 days ago
Unfortunately Barratry isn't enforced in the US that much:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barratry
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sandstrom 5441 days ago
If I'm not mistaken Rovio are based in Finland, where software patents don't hold much water.
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astrodust 5441 days ago
They're selling a product in the US market, so they're subject to US laws so long as they want to continue doing that.
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atirip 5441 days ago
No they are not. Finnish company is subject to Finnish laws and Finnish laws only. If they produce something in Finland, then only valid Finnish patents are their concern. US Patents are not valid for Rovio in Finland.

Now. If and when their _product_ is sold in US and infringes some US patents then patent owner can block selling that product and this is the only thing they can do. No damages no nothing. In Rovio's case the only thing Llodsys can achieve is to prevent Apple for selling Angry Birds in US. Nothing more.

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sigzero 5441 days ago
You just reiterated what he said.
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gte910h 5441 days ago
If you sell products in the US, the courts will enjoy sales or award damages here if you violate patents/copyrights. Apple would be forced, for instance, to pay the judgement then rovio the extra, etc.
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