More than 30 companies, including Microsoft, Apple and IBM, have been targeted by India-based Kootol Software for allegedly violating technology covered in a patent application.
So far the list of targeted companies includes Amazon, AOL, Apple, Bebo, Bharti Airtel, ExactTarget, Facebook, Ford Motor, Foursquare, Google, IBM, The Iconfactory, LinkedIn, Microsoft, MySpace, Ning, Nokia, Peek, PopBox, Quora, Research In Motion, Salesforce, Seesmic, Siemens, Sina.com, StatusNet, TwitPic, Twitter, Ubermedia, Webaroo Technology, Yahoo and Yammer.
In an announcement on Friday, which was picked up earlier by Macworld, Kootol said it had "sent a notice" to these companies to alert them to the fact that their products and services are infringing on technology it has the exclusive rights to use. It also noted that "several other companies and developers" would be getting similar notices, and that it was open to making licensing deals.
For more on this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Kootol targets Microsoft, Apple, others over patent on CNET News.
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