Google tries to hide incriminating emails

[illumination]

New evidence suggests Google willfully infringed upon Java to develop Android

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[Jack]

The U.S. patent system is broken and needs a complete teardown, at this point it's very hard to write a code without violating a few patents...
The best way for Google to handle this situation would be an agreement with Oracle.

 

[illumination]

The U.S. patent system is broken and needs a complete teardown, at this point it's very hard to write a code without violating a few patents...
The best way for Google to handle this situation would be an agreement with Oracle.

Completely agree with you, at this point an agreement would be best.

 

[Jack]

And Apple is sued over Mac OS X 'quick boot'

A lawsuit has accused Apple of violating a patent describing a means of "quickly booting a computer system".

Late last week, an outfit calling itself Operating Systems Solutions filed suit in the Middle District of Florida, claiming that Apple infringes its patent with Mac OS X. As pointed out by Patently Apple, the patent in question – RE840,092 – was originally granted to LG Electronics.

The patent describes a method for quickly booting a personal computer system using information that was previously saved to hard disk. This information includes data from memory and the status of devices attached to the system, and it hinges on a POST routine.

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[Hungry Man]

Ugh. I hate this stupid patenting BS. They should not last nearly as long as they do.

 

[Linuxfever]

Ugh. I hate this stupid patenting BS. They should not last nearly as long as they do.

Google and Apple aren't innocent, the developers had to know that they were breaking some patents when developing the products (If so it would be fair to pay for their use) but I must admit that a review of the U.S. patent system would be a good idea since now days the world is moving a lot faster...

 

[HeffeD]

The big problem with the patent system is the vague descriptions that people are trying to say is their patent and that people are infringing on it. As in the article Jack linked to, Apple isn't even following the same methods described in the patent, but nonetheless, the company owning that patent feels they can sue Apple for doing something that is merely similar.

It's a bit like someone saying they own the concept of a car... Even if someone produces something that has a completely different propulsion system and completely different mechanics, someone will sue saying that the idea of a wheeled system for transporting goods or people is theirs.

 

[Hungry Man]

IIRC Google has already removed the code that belonged to Oracle and it didn't even belong in the official releases anyways and was only used for development.

In fact I believe Oracle recognized this and then later on said that they didn't care.