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June 24th, 2011, 10:52 AM
http://www.techobserver.org/5779.uspto-rejects-a-number-of-oracle%E2%80%99s-patent-claims.html
USPTO Rejects a Number of Oracle’s Patent Claims
The courtroom gloves came off when it was announced that Oracle is seeking quite a few Billion dollars from Google’s bottom line due to Android’s allegedly unlawful use of Java. A long courtroom battle still lays ahead before any value will be assigned to Oracle’s claim by any court.
Now, while this is ongoing, Google requested the USPTO to re-examine the patents asserted by Oracle. This was seen as a desperate move by Google to invalidate them outside the courtroom by many. Well, in fact, this may just have been a great move, which resulted in a rejection of 17 of the patent’s 21 claims.
This has consequently reduced the number of claims Oracle can assert in a court. However, there are still four remaining, as well as the 118 contained in the other six asserted patents, which are also still pending the re-examination process. It will be interesting to see how many of them would survive the process.
Be as it may, Oracle still does have quite a few legal bullets left against Google, and we will keep you updated as things progress.
hehe
USPTO Rejects a Number of Oracle’s Patent Claims
The courtroom gloves came off when it was announced that Oracle is seeking quite a few Billion dollars from Google’s bottom line due to Android’s allegedly unlawful use of Java. A long courtroom battle still lays ahead before any value will be assigned to Oracle’s claim by any court.
Now, while this is ongoing, Google requested the USPTO to re-examine the patents asserted by Oracle. This was seen as a desperate move by Google to invalidate them outside the courtroom by many. Well, in fact, this may just have been a great move, which resulted in a rejection of 17 of the patent’s 21 claims.
This has consequently reduced the number of claims Oracle can assert in a court. However, there are still four remaining, as well as the 118 contained in the other six asserted patents, which are also still pending the re-examination process. It will be interesting to see how many of them would survive the process.
Be as it may, Oracle still does have quite a few legal bullets left against Google, and we will keep you updated as things progress.
hehe