[8][9] [10] Foresee Results published a press release on November 23, 2011 stating that they had reached a settlement with Lodsys that resolved all outstanding litigation claims.
[16] On January 29, 2013 Lodsys sued General Motors, Oriental Trading Company, Crocs, Somerset Investments and Saks over the "565" and "078" patents.
On February 28, 2013 Lodsys sued Steris, PromoManagers, Loews Hotels, Optics Planet, SuperValu, Volkswagen of America, Retail Concepts, 4imprint, and BullionVault, citing the businesses use of interactive chat software and the "565" and "078" patents.
Out of the 55 companies only Kaspersky Lab managed to have the lawsuit "dismissed with prejudice" while others settled the case with Lodsys to avoid a costly trial.
[20] Lodsys stated that it was not a corporate subsidiary of patent holding company Intellectual Ventures, contrary to speculation from media sources.