Intellectual Property Law

Oracle tries to topple the Android

By Steve Cosentino

2010's version of the Blackberry patent troll scare just hit the courts this week.  Oracle filed a lawsuit against Google alleging infringement by the Android operating system of Java patents and copyrights.  This time, the stakes are a little different.  Google can't rely on the fact that the government might shut down if Android phones bite the dust given that there are actually viable alternatives these days.   The case also presents an interesting threat to the open source community because Java includes both patented and open source elements, forcing Google to defend both the patent monopoly and the free nature of open source at the same time.

Full post as published by The TechKnowledgy Blog on August 13, 2010 (boomark / email).