Apple moved to protect seven independent software developers, and its own mobile platform, on Thursday by intervening in a patent infringement lawsuit filed in Texas.The suit is being closely watched by the media and by developers who worry that they may have to pay additional licensing fees to the patent holding company Lodsys in addition to the existing percentage of revenues that they pay to Apple for selling their services on iOS, the iPhone, iTouch and iPad’s operating system.
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