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IIRC, if Oracle declines to protect its IP because you’re not worthy of suing yet, then they actually weaken their legal ownership of the IP.
by village-idiot 8y ago
IIRC, if Oracle declines to protect its IP because you’re not worthy of suing yet, then they actually weaken their legal ownership of the IP.
- kweks 8y agoThe legal area you are probably referring to is trademark law. If you do not defend a trademark, the mark risks becoming diluted, and is open to overturn. ( https://secureyourtrademark.com/blog/trademark-101-can-lose-trademark/ https://secureyourtrademark.com/blog/trademark-101-can-lose-... ) Patents do not lose their validity if undefended.
- village-idiot 8y agoWhat about copyright? I believe the Java API issue was about copyright.