Oracle Smacks Google with Lawsuit Over Android Patents
New Business Model-- If your product isn't selling, find someone to sue
Is there a line on their PNL for litigation winnings under the revenue section?
Plus, one of the biggest criticisms of Android by developers was that it didn't use standard java, but rather relied on different libraries, etc. I'm not saying that there most definatly wasn't any infringed code, But if Google WAS stealing all this code from SUN, why didn't SUN try suing?
I still find it ironic how you can brush off lawsuits over hardware patents taken by apple by companies like Nokia because "they are no longer relevant." but any lawsuit, no matter how stupid, is somehow justified by you.
So google wouldn't have stole anything. How long has android been out.. its like 3 years later , and sun never tried suing.
That said, I can see Google making out a seven figure check to Oracle. Even though Oracle did not "write" the code they did purchase Sun along with all their IP which would include any code used in the standard JVM.
Like Blue said, Google knew what they were doing when the hire the ex Sun devs and used them to create Dalvik and bypass Sun’s original licensing terms. So if Dalvik does include any code that could be considered IP of Oracle then they have a pretty good case.
This is a nice read which really breaks it down in layman's terms.
http://siliconangle.com/blog/2010/08/13/how-google-t ... »...
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Nokia is suing Apple because Nokia isn't a relevant handset maker anymore, and they want to leech off of Apple's R&D in exchange for some old wireless patents covered by Apple's existing GSM licenses. I have yet to see any evidence otherwise.
Oracle is suing Google on an entirely different level. Google is poaching Java in a manner similar to what HTC did with Apple's heuristics or Palm did with iTunes synchronization- they're trying to weasel out of licensing terms.
So to clarify: Nokia vs. Apple is about splitting hairs over irrelevant wireless patents (which I call BS.) Oracle Vs. Google is about weaseling out of licensing terms. That's why they're different.
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You're the one trying to split hairs to justify your position, not Nokia.
And Palm? Do you remember the precursor to the Palm OS? Something called the Newton? No? Well it's called the Newton.
Or are you part of the crowd that believes Apple is God thus they invented the entire universe?
I guess if that is your train of thought then everything is Apple's intellectual property...
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