Oracle patent claim against Android tossed out

We have talked about the legal battle between Oracle and Google over alleged code in Android that was taken from Java. Apparently the USPTO has looked into the 21 claims that oracle was making against Google in the case over infringement on patent 6,192,476. Of all the claims in the case, the only one asserted against Google in the suit was claim 14 reports 9to5Google. The USPTO rejected 17 of those 21 claims and Oracle has until February 20 to appeal the decision. Oracle had been looking for the case to start in late January. Whether or not the firm will push forward with the suit at this point is unknown. Oracle was prepared to provide an expert’s report on the damages it had sustained due to the alleged Java infringement. Google...

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Oracle claims $1.16 billion in damages from Google

Just when we thought it was over, Oracle has reiterated in a court filing today that the patent infringement by Google’s upon Java patents held by Oracle totals $202 million. They also claimed up to $960 million on the terms of copyright infringement by the internet search giant. Judge William Alsup, the judge who will preside over the case, had initially suggested that the two companies attempt to produce a mediation before bringing the case before a jury. At the time of that statement, both sides appeared willing to negotiate an agreement outside of court. Unfortunately, Oracle’s court filing suggests that the two groups could not come to terms on the infringement. Additionally, Oracle cites that the initial claim by Google that...

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Android dispute may be ended by Google Oracle meeting

The CEOs from Oracle and Google are going to face each other in court today for resolving a dispute which is threatening to become the biggest danger to Google’s Android mobile OS, which now runs on over 150 million mobile devices. Larry Page from Google and Larry Ellison from Oracle have been ordered by the court to appear before a magistrate of federal court in San Jose after their year-long tussle over patents. Oracle has accused Google of infringing on its patents related to the Java software of the company, and if the parties agree on a settlement outside the court they will not have to run the risk of having to accept the decision of a jury on the dispute. A lawyer named Scott Daniels compared the situation with Gorbachev and...

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Google and Oracle CEOs ordered to sit in settlement talks

Google chief Larry Page and his Oracle counterpart Larry Ellison​ were ordered on Friday to attend a special settlement meeting previously called for in Oracle's lawsuit over Java use in Android. The September 19 gathering, ordered by Magistrate Judge Paul Grewal, will include other executives but will require the two CEOs at a minimum. It followed after private mediation hit an impasse and the judge in the main case, William Alsup, called for court oversight to help force a resolution.Although Google protests its innocence, much of the impasse has come over what the company is willing to pay versus what Oracle wants. The database firm has asked for $2.6 billion and as much as six billion, both figures that Google considers...

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Oracle vs Google Android lawsuit to End

It’s been over a year since we first reported that Oracle was looking into a suit against Google for its perceived infringement of their Java code, and we’ve finally come to a point where it appears that both parties are willing to reach, maybe, perhaps, a settlement. This settlement may well come in this newest announced move for a mediation meeting between representatives from Google and representatives from Oracle, this newest move sparking talk about how serious Google is taking the case and questions over whether or not they’re prepared to defend themselves in a case that could, ultimately, believe it or not, end up in the destruction of Android as we know it today. One of the most interesting very possibly related events to...

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