The tech patent suits keep piling up. The most recent is a set of Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) claims about 10 patents filed against Facebook. The mobile sector has the highest level of litigation, and settlements, now. Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has convinced most handset companies which use Google’s (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android OS that they owe Redmond license fees.
Even bankrupt Eastman Kodak has asserted claims against a number of companies. At the other end of the scale, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), the world’s most successful tech firm, has been on both the offence and defense side of patent battles.
The new news about patent litigation is that Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has finally gotten a court date for its suit against Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Oracle claims that some of Android’s software violates patents from the old Java software. If Oracle is right, Android, an open source and “free” software, will become more and more expensive for hardware companies which believed is was a low cost OS solution
Oracle sued Google in 2010, alleging the Web search leader’s Android mobile operating technology infringes Oracle’s Java patents.
In addition to those patent claims, Oracle also leveled copyright infringement claims against Google. Oracle acquired the Java programming language through its purchase of Sun Microsystems in 2010.
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