I had a hunch my email to Mark Small of Lodsys landed on the day his inbox blew up, and according to the Lodsys blog, that's exactly what happened. The patent holding company has posted a lengthy Q&A on its blog, clarifying why it sent out requests to individual developers to license its "upgrade" technology for in-app purchases and lite-to-full upgrade functionality.
According to Lodsys, Apple (as well as Google and Microsoft
