Declaratory Judgment Action Filed Against All Four Lodsys Patents

A Michigan company named ForeSee Results Inc. has filed a declaratory judgment suit against Lodsys' four patents with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, according to FOSS Patents.

Lodsys reportedly threatened assertion of its patents against customers of ForeSee Results which include Adidas, Best Buy, and WE Energies. ForeSee Results is represented by a top notch law firm (McDermott Will & Emery), the same firm who successfully obtained a patent settlement check for $100 million from Apple for Creative.


FOSS Patents notes that if ForeSee Results is successful in its declaratory judgement, it could help iOS developers in their fight against the company.

If ForeSee's declaratory judgment action against Lodsys succeeded before the case against the seven little app developers is decided, it could be helpful, but the court in East Texas is very fast. And even though I repeat myself, the real issue with little app developers is that they can't really afford to defend themselves, which will in many cases require them to take licenses from patent holders no matter how doubtful the validity of the relevant patents or the infringement allegations may be...

You can read a much more detailed analysis of the situation at the link below...