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Google Linux servers hit with $5m patent infringement verdict
- sciurus 15y agoThis isn't google-specific; any company using the linux kernel is vulnerable to being sued over infringing this patent. http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=5893120.PN.&OS=PN/5893120&RS=PN/5893120 http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sec...
- Mad_Gouki 15y agoI don't understand what they patented. Is this a patent for a hash table implemented using a linked list with garbage collection? How is this patentable? There should be a ton of 'prior art' concerning the data structures, and garbage collection was certainly around for decades before this patent was filed.