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(News from 13 Aug 2010: * [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2367761,00.asp Oracle Sues Google Over Android Java Use], PC Mag)
(News from 13 Aug 2010: * [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575426122820659864.html Oracle Sues Google, Saying Android Violates Java Copyrights], Wall Street Journal)
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* [http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/oracle-sues-google-says-android.html Oracle sues Google, says Android infringes seven Java patents (plus unspecified copyrights)], by [[Florian Mueller]]
 
* [http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2010/08/oracle-sues-google-says-android.html Oracle sues Google, says Android infringes seven Java patents (plus unspecified copyrights)], by [[Florian Mueller]]
 
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2367761,00.asp Oracle Sues Google Over Android Java Use], PC Mag
 
* [http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2367761,00.asp Oracle Sues Google Over Android Java Use], PC Mag
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* [http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704407804575426122820659864.html Oracle Sues Google, Saying Android Violates Java Copyrights], Wall Street Journal
  
 
===Background===
 
===Background===

Revision as of 06:07, 13 August 2010

In August 2010, Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google for patent infringement related to the Java programming language distributed on Google's Android software. The lawsuit was filed at the US District Court for the Northern District of California.

Oracle acquired Java when they purchased Sun.

The patents

  • 6,125,447 - Protection Domains To Provide Security In A Computer System
  • 6,192,476 - Controlling Access To A Resource
  • 5,966,702 - Method And Apparatus For Preprocessing And Packaging Class Files
  • 7,426,720 - System And Method For Dynamic Preloading Of Classes Through Memory Space Cloning Of A Master Runtime System Process
  • RE38,104 - Method And Apparatus For Resolving Data References In Generate Code
    • Can you help? Why does this patent have an unusual number?
  • 6,910,205 - Interpreting Functions Utilizing A Hybrid Of Virtual And Native Machine Instructions
  • 6,061,520 - Method And System for Performing Static Initialization

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