Oracle's Java Claims Now Down To $230 Million 84
jfruh writes "Hey, remember when Oracle decided to sue Google over claims that Android violated Oracle's Java patents and copyrights? How's that working out? Not so well, it seems! Oracle has been forced to take many of its patents out of the lawsuit due to lack of evidence, and the damages in play now are down to a little less than 4 percent of Oracle's original $6.1 billion claims."
Abuse of process (Score:5, Interesting)
the damages in play now are down to a little less than 4 percent of Oracle's original $6.1 billion claims."
At this point, they should just declare that Oracle abused the process and grant Google victory over the remaining patents as compensation/penalty
Business Model (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:who cares (Score:5, Interesting)
who cares
If Oracle wins, they'll still have a victory under their belt which they could pursue manufacturers of Android devices?
Can Android be stopped because of this? (Score:4, Interesting)
Nobody cares about the money. Can Android be stopped because of this?
Groklaw's latest: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20120220133911859 [groklaw.net]
Oracle should think long and hard about whether it wants to persist on the issue of patent infringement or, for that matter, any infringement at all. Those failed settlement discussions probably look a lot more attractive to Oracle right now.
Re:Abuse of process (Score:5, Interesting)
I'll play the Devil's Advocate card here.
Oracle may have been overzealous by a far degree. The process this is taking is likely very stupid. Many have been thrown out. However, that doesn't mean the last few aren't legally sound under the current system/process. Maybe they aren't. The most obvious offenders were withdrawn. It is now time to test the sturdier ones to the law process.
Who knows, maybe Oracle will loose and set a useful precedent for the Googles?
Why didn't Google buy Sun? (Score:5, Interesting)
J2ME != JESE (Score:1, Interesting)
the sort of Java that is in Android is not J2ME at all and is more like J2SE. The licensing cost for J2SE is significantly more expensive per unit than J2ME. It could be a deal breaker for some Android phones to have to shell out such a large royalty.
Re:What about the apple patents? (Score:2, Interesting)
No, they in fact cover ideas. I don't care what the intent of the law is, the fact is that patents are written in impenetrably vague "patentese" that even trained lawyers can't decipher unless they specialize in the field. This, along with a "fence" of similar patents with the same degree of vagueness, allows one to interpret the language of one or more of these patents in pretty much any manifestation of the idea or even anything vaguely similar to the idea. That is, of course, assuming one has the money to leverage the system like this. Far as the big players and patent mills are concerned, that's a feature, not a bug.
Re:who cares (Score:4, Interesting)
"if Oracle Wins"?
You do realize that they might not even get a settlement - this is assuming the judge even lets this go to trial.
Then again, it's not like they had a case in the first place.
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