Oh, "Java Virtual Machine" is a scripting language now... (Page 6 of the Court's decision in German) To understand the technical aspect, have a look at (14) in

Oh, "Java Virtual Machine" is a scripting language now... (Page 6 of the Court's decision in German) To understand the technical aspect, have a look at (14) in the court's decision - at first I got a heart attack since it talked about running Java Beans on a frigging micro controller, but in the second part it's made clear it will be run on a modified runtime environment for resource constrained computers (this is the innovation) while still allowing the same JSP document as on a normal Java runtime. General concepts are still not patentable and any patent mustn't be based on conceptual thoughts, but on usage of technical instruments. (demand of technicality) From a philosophical point of view, I think it's fair to grant patents like this (all usual requirements for patents persist, i.e. result of inventory activity, no prior art), but I fear what the original article describes: People using technical innovation as a back door to software patents.