Company Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), she was forced to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuits in recent years, and through her lawyers she attacks the entities that forced her to defend herself in court. According to the lawyers of Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC),, the company was involved in no less than 92 lawsuits in the last 3 years, the figure being enormous for any company on the globe. The interesting part in this whole story is that Apple Lossless Audio CODEC (ALAC), ales to conclude agreements to finish 51 of the 57 processes in which there are final decisions, so we are also talking about many violations.
Apple has rarely lost on the merits. But victory figures are small consolation, because in every one of these cases, Apple has been forced to bear its legal fees. This reality is the lifeblood of the patent assertion industry... Indeed, the opening line of many negotiations is some form of, "What we're asking for is less than it will cost you to litigate this case to judgment." It should come as no surprise, then, that despite its success in litigating the merits, for business purposes Apple has agreed to a settlement in 51 of the 57 closed cases.
Among the companies that attracted the most hate from those in Cupertino is Lodsys, an American company that harassed its developers because of its in-app purchase system App Storeof the Lodsys has avoided entering into a direct lawsuit with Apple, so it is trying to scare application developers, some already concluding agreements with it, without Apple being allowed to intervene in the lawsuits to defend its developers.
Lodsys scuttled away, settling with each of the developers for a pittance, thereby mooting Apple's attempted intervention and avoiding a sure loss on the merits... Lodsys has no compunctions about this strategy. It will keep moving from developer to developer, leeching whatever royalties it can until a party with the resources to litigate scares it away.
For now, the list of those trying to get money from Apple is growing, but it remains to be seen how many will succeed in obtaining deserved victories over those from Cupertino.
