And the intellectual property firm isn't restricting its tactics to the courtroom, either. Of the several posts to Lodsys's Website on Tuesday, the most interesting is probably "," which veers into a more philosophical realm:

The real debate is what promise [Apple, Google, and other platform providers] are making to 3rd party Developers who choose to develop applications on that platform and what kind and scope of IP rights will be included (or more likely, not).

The post reads as a somewhat clumsy attempt to drive a wedge between Apple and its developers by suggesting that not only is Apple's liability in legal matters limited, but also that the company doesn't care about its developers.

That's a tone reflected in another of Lodsys's posts, addressing the question of , in which Lodsys suggests that its motivation is simply "to get paid for [its] rights," whereas there's "a more complicated set of motivations" for the platform providers and developers.

Whether these sorts of psychological argument will pay off--presumably by convincing developers to license Lodsys's patents--is unclear, but by taking the matter to the courts, Lodsys has clearly said that the next move belongs to Apple and developers.