Indie iPhone Developer Sues Coors for $12.5M (flag)

blog.wired.com — Coors won't be able to drink this problem away. The beer corporation faces a $12.5 million copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Hottrix, a small company that develops "tricks" for mobile devices, which claims Coors copied its iPhone application iBeer . Both Hottrix's  ...

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Coors iPint being sued by iBeer maker for $12.5 million
Phones Review — ... two is that Coors iPint is free while Hottrix’s iBeer is $3.00. An attorney from Buchalter Nemer, representing Hottrix said Hottrix had tried to meet an amicable solution with Coors but the result was negative and then Hottrix approached Apple, who pulled iPint from their App Store in the US but is still available in other countries. The 12 page lawsuit states that the iBeer technique was a “wholly original … and is copyrightable subject matter.” Full article here ...

iBeer Creators Sue Coors Over iPint App in Battle of the Dumb Beer Apps [IPhone Apps]
Gizmodo — ... But at the end of the day, the real losers in this situation are the thousands of people who spent $3 on such a dumb app to make it so popular in the first place. Seriously, who are you people? [GadgetLab] ...

Copyright infringement suit filed against Coors' iPint app
Ars Technica - Infinite Loop — [image] Plenty of companies are making appearances on the App Store these days, with most looking to either make money off of applications or do a bit of advertising for their brands (sometimes both). Unfortunately, some companies can be a little too anxious to promote their products, and applications like iPint are the results. According to Wired , the developer of a similar application, iBeer, recently filed a lawsuit against iPint maker Coors Brewing Company, claiming that the company infringed his iBeer copyright. He asked for a little more than $12.5 million in ...

iPhone Beer Guzzling App Sends Risky Message To Youth
iPhone Savior — ... Ironically, Hottrix is reportedly asking for $12.5 million dollars in damages from Coors for the alleged copying of its "wholly original ... and copyrightable subject matter." according to a post by Wired ...