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now only one of the patents brought into the battle by Oracle against Android remains valid - all others have been declared invalid by the PTO (and one removed

by fpp 15y ago

now only one of the patents brought into the battle by Oracle against Android remains valid - all others have been declared invalid by the PTO (and one removed by Oracle)

brianobush 15y ago
can you elaborate? which one?
- fpp 15y ago
  now declared invalid: RE38,104 remaining patent: 6,061,520 removed patent: 6,192,476 Oracles original complaint: http://www.scribd.com/doc/35811761/Oracle-s-complaint-against-Google-for-Java-patent-infringement http://www.scribd.com/doc/35811761/Oracle-s-complaint-agains... (original patent pool: 6,125,447, 6,192,476, 5,966,702, 7,426,720, RE38,104, 6,910,205 and 6,061,520)
bane 15y ago
if there's ever a case that demonstrates the shoddiness software patents that are granted these days it's this one. Only 1 of 10 original patents in the suit remain as valid! (and I'd bet a dollar that one will go away as well) If that's extended out to all granted patents, fully 90% of software patents might be invalid.
- Danieru 15y ago
  Its worse than that. These are supposed to be Oracle's 'good' patents. Imagine how bad the patents that they didn't even bother suing over are!
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- Tuna-Fish 15y ago
  > (and I'd bet a dollar that one will go away as well) I think it's probably not going to, but, it's a patent that Google can engineer around without a difficulty.