Texas messes with Apple’s effort to protect app makers from notorious patent troll
Lodsys is a shell company that "owns" in-app purchasing and wants small developers to pay it a license fee. Apple stepped in to put a stop to this but a Texas court, known for its sympathy to patent trolls, booted Apple from court.
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